Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Nigeria
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
e dupe
obrigado
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
Como você está?
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
boa noite
Good Evening
ka a ale
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
boa Tarde
Good Morning
e kaaro
bom Dia
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Brazil
Dialect 2
Ede
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Portugal
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Yorùbá
Português
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Português
French Name
yoruba
portugais
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Romance
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Yoruba and Portuguese 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 Yoruba and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Portuguese language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Yoruba and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.