Yoruba and Cantonese
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Nigeria
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
你好吗？
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
晚安
Good Evening
ka a ale
晚上好
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
下午好
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
我爱你
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
原谅我
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Nigeria
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
yoruba
Not Available
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
yo
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
yor
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
yor
Not Available
ISO 639 3
yor
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
yoru1245
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Yoruba and Cantonese 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 Yoruba and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Cantonese Speaking population
Yoruba and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Yoruba and Cantonese on Yoruba vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Cantonese Language Codes
Yoruba and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.