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Yoruba vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nigeria  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Halo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Jowo  
Mi petas  

Sorry
binu  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
bye  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
yoruba  
espéranto  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Esperanto  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 3
yor  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Yoruba and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Esperanto language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Yoruba and Esperanto Language History.

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Yoruba and Esperanto Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Yoruba and Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Esperanto language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Esperanto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Yoruba and Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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