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Yoruba vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
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
800,000.00   
27
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
49   
36
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Yoruba and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Indonesian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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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.

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