Chinese and Yoruba
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
China, Taiwan
Nigeria
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
e dupe
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
e kaasan
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
e kaaro
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Nigeria
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Benin, Togo
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Not Available
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
chinois
yoruba
German Name
Chinesisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Han
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 Chinese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
yoru1245
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Yoruba Speaking population
Chinese and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Yoruba on Chinese vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Yoruba Language Codes
Chinese and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.