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Yoruba vs Quechua


Quechua vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Nigeria   
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
South America   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Rimaykullayki   

Thank You
e dupe   
Solpayki   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Allillanchu   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Allin tuta   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Wuynas nuchis   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Wuynas tardis   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Wuynus diyas   

Please
Jowo   
Not Available   

Sorry
binu   
Pampachaykuway   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Kuyayki   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Pampachaway   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Ancash   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
920,000.00   
29

Dialect 2
Ede   
Huánuco   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
190,000.00   
33

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Yaru   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Peru   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
150,000.00   
25

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
8.90 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
8.90 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Qhichwa   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
North La Paz Quechua   

French Name
yoruba   
quechua   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Quechua-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Quechua   

History

Origin
4 BC   
16th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Quechumaran Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Andean Equatorial   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Quechua   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
qu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
que   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
que   

ISO 639 3
yor   
que   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
quec1387   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Yoruba and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Quechua language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Quechua Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Quechua 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 Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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