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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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