Cantonese and Yoruba
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
China, Guangdong
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
晚安
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
晚上好
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
下午好
e kaasan
I Love You
我爱你
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
原谅我
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Nigeria
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
cantonais
yoruba
German Name
Kantonesisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Yoruba people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Yoruba Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
yo
ISO 639 3
No data available
yor
Glottocode
cant1236
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Cantonese and Yoruba Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Yoruba Speaking population
Cantonese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Yoruba on Cantonese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Yoruba Language Codes
Cantonese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.