That Chinese sounds Yoruba and Japanese sounds like Hausa.

Are you sure? If you hear Yoruba and Chinese they sound nothing alike apart from the use of high, middle and low tones, and Hausa sounds absolutely nothing like Japanese.

I can't think of any Nigerian language Chinese sounds like, and Igbo sounds like Japanese when it is written. Hausa sounds like Arabic and all the other Afro-Asian languages.

Yoruba

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CPQLC3xklpA

Chinese

http://youtube.com/watch?v=789he-8T_-E

Hausa

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rxUPWeA7i_8

Japanese

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KrS6NTiDz7s

Lol...no, i don't think so

If there's any Nigerian language that remotely sounds Mandarin, its tiv. IMO

Yoruba doesn't sound no where near Chinese...Hell No!!!

I don't think so. .

So far responses are against my opinion but seriously, I find the tone of Chinese similar to Yoruba.

Somebody said Hausa sounds like Arabic, that's widely known and accepted because Hausa borrows heavily from Arabic.

However, I find some Japanese words sounding quite similar to Hausa.

Give some examples please....

Yoruba now sounds like chinese?? Joke of the hour!

firestar: Give some examples please....

Yeah, that's the way to move this discussion forward. A little bit busy at the moment but should be able to do this later.

maclatunji:

Yeah, that's the way to move this discussion forward. A little bit busy at the moment but should be able to do this later.

Im an anime freak..i doubt you'll find much..

Yoruba sounds nothing like Chinese.

afam4eva: Yoruba sounds nothing like Chinese.

and your point is...?

The last names look similar sometimes.

Where are d examples Maclatunji?

Tgirl4real: Where are d examples Maclatunji?

I have been busy and a little bit handicapped. That should change starting from today. My examples are coming soon.

Chinese Word/Phrase:

Ni hao: How are you?

Yoruba:

Ni has several meanings but you can translate as "when"

Chinese Word:

Wo3 mi2 lu4 le: I'm lost

yoruba:

Wo mi: Look at me

Lu le: hit the ground.

Chinese Word/Phrase:
Qing3 shao1 hou4!: Hold on please! (phone)

Yoruba:
Sha O. An expression which may be used like this: Mon ba Maclatunji ja amo n ko ba Firestar ja sha O. Meaning: I am fighting Maclatunji but I am not fighting Firestar as well.

Chinese Word/phrase:
Gen1 wo3 lai2!: Come with me!

Yoruba:
Jen: Let me

Wo: Look

Lailai or Laye!: Never!

We have Jen wo lai sounding like Gen1 wo3 lai2!

I try?

maclatunji: Chinese Word/Phrase:

Ni hao: How are you?

Yoruba:

Ni has several meanings but you can translate as "when"

Chinese Word:

Wo3 mi2 lu4 le: I'm lost

yoruba:

Wo mi: Look at me

Lu le: hit the ground.

Chinese Word/Phrase:
Qing3 shao1 hou4!: Hold on please! (phone)

Yoruba:
Sha O. An expression which may be used like this: Mon ba Maclatunji ja amo n ko ba Firestar ja sha O. Meaning: I am fighting Maclatunji but I am not fighting Firestar as well.

Chinese Word/phrase:
Gen1 wo3 lai2!: Come with me!

Yoruba:
Jen: Let me

Wo: Look

Lailai or Laye!: Never!

We have Jen wo lai sounding like Gen1 wo3 lai2!

I try?

Aare!

O ga o....
^Is this expression in Chinese too?

firestar:

Aare!

O ga o....
^Is this expression in Chinese too?

I don't know.

maclatunji:

I don't know.

Seriously, the more I ponder,
the more I see well tied knots...

Hope you don't mind asking how you arrived at this conclusion?

firestar:


Seriously, the more I ponder,
the more I see well tied knots...

Hope you don't mind asking how you arrived at this conclusion?

I am particular about the intonation. I am very sure a Chinese person can correctly pick-up Yoruba rather easily. We too can pick-up working Chinese.

I watch a lot of CCTV and I find their intonation similar to Yoruba.

Has for Japanese and Hausa, there is a certain way they emphasis some words that make them sound a little bit similar to me. It is a little bit difficult to explain. However, I will look for similar sounding words later. Although, I don't speak Hausa O.

maclatunji: Has for Japanese and Hausa, there is a certain way they emphasis some words that make them sound a little bit similar to me. It is a little bit difficult to explain. However, I will look for similar sounding words later. Although, I don't speak Hausa O.

I think I'll sorta buy the Yoruba-resembles-Nihongo-than-kanji....
I actually think hausa sounds more pleasant than chinese... if there should be any language of ours that sounds similar, IMO, it should def be Efik.

Efik doesn't sound like Chinese plus there's no tone in Efik but it may be the closest. Tonal languages will sound similar all over the world.

'Fly' in Igbo is 'Fé' (high tone), 'fly' in Mandarin is 'Fēi' (high tone).
'Is not' in Igbo is 'bụ ghị' (high tone, low tone), in Mandarin it's 'bú shì' (rising tone, falling tone).
'Throw' in Igbo 'tú' (high), Mandarin 'tóu' (rising). ('tú vote' informally in Igbo is to vote, 'tóupiào' in Mandarin is to vote).

'What' in igbo is 'gini', what in Japanese is 'nani'.
'Deep' in Igbo is 'umimi', ocean or sea in Japanese is 'umi'.

Japanese is similar to Yoruba with words like Shogun.