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Yoruba vs Filipino


Filipino vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Kumusta  

Thank You
e dupe  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Magandang umaga  

Please
Jowo  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
binu  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
bye  
Paalam  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Yorùbá  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Pilipino  

French Name
yoruba  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Filipino  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
fil  

ISO 639 3
yor  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Filipino language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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Yoruba and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Filipino language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Filipino Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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