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Yoruba vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Nigeria  

Second Language
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Gracias  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
e kaaro  

Please
Por Favor  
Jowo  

Sorry
triste  
binu  

Bye
adiós  
bye  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Español  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
yoruba  

German Name
Spanisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
2  
2
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
yor  

ISO 639 3
spa  
yor  

ISO 639 6
spa  
yor  

Glottocode
stan1288  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Spanish and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Yoruba language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Spanish and Yoruba Language History.

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

Spanish vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Spanish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Spanish and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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