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Yoruba vs Spanish


Spanish vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Nigeria  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
hola  

Thank You
e dupe  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Buenos Días  

Please
Jowo  
Por Favor  

Sorry
binu  
triste  

Bye
bye  
adiós  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Ede  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Español  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
yoruba  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
4 BC  
210 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Romance  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
49  
36
2  
2

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
spa  

ISO 639 3
yor  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Spanish language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Spanish Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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