Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Japan
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
128.00 million
  
14
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.