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Yoruba vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin, Sundanese   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Halo   

Thank You
e dupe   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
Jowo   
Mangga   

Sorry
binu   
Hapunten   

Bye
bye   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Banten   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Bogor   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Bandung   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
yoruba   
soundanais   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
4 BC   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Sundanese   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 3
yor   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Sundanese language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD. 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 Sundanese Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.

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