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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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