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Yoruba vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Kamusta  

Thank You
e dupe  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Jowo  
pakiusap  

Sorry
binu  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
bye  
Paálam  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
yoruba  
tagalog  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1593  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Filipino  

Language Position
49  
36
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
yor  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Tagalog language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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