Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Halo
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Jowo
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
binu
  
maaf
  
Bye
bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
yoruba
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
4 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Yoruba and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Indonesian language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.