Yoruba and Chinese
Countries
Benin, Nigeria
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Nigeria
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
e dupe
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ka a ale
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
e kaaro
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Yorùbá
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
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French Name
yoruba
chinois
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Han
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
yoru1245
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Yoruba and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Yoruba and Chinese Speaking population
Yoruba and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Yoruba vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Yoruba and Chinese Language Codes
Yoruba and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.