Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Peru
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Peru
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
8.90 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.