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Yoruba vs Japanese


Japanese vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Palau  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
e dupe  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Jowo  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
binu  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
bye  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Ede  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Yorùbá  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Not Available  

French Name
yoruba  
japonais  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Japanese  

Language Position
49  
36
8  
8

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
yor  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Japanese language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Japanese Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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