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Yoruba vs Quechua


Quechua vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Nigeria  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
South America  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Aymara and Guarani Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
e dupe  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
Jowo  
jamuspa  

Sorry
binu  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
920,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
190,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
8.90 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
yoruba  
quechua  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈketʃwa]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Quechua  

History

Origin
4 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Quechua  

Language Position
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Quechua  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
que  

ISO 639 3
yor  
que  

ISO 639 6
yor  
que  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Yoruba and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Quechua language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Yoruba and Quechua Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Quechua Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Quechua 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 Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.

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