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==Facts about Yoruba == | ==Facts about Yoruba == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>yor</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>yor</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Yoruba" in Yoruba''): <code>Èdè Yorùbá / عِدعِ يوْرُبا</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Yoruba"''': <code>Yariba, Yooba, Yorùbá, Èdè Yorùbá</code> | |||
*'''The Yoruba language is spoken in''': <code>Nigeria</code> | |||
Yoruba is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently Southwestern Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is stated as roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. | |||
As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria with smaller migrated communities in Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language | |||
==Videos== | |||
===YORUBA GREETINGS=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHIsP50MnY</youtube> | |||
===GREETINGS FOR DIFFERENT TIMES IN YORUBA=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1jxKo4LqJo</youtube> | |||
===Learn Yoruba Greetings=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XoFkIGc70</youtube> | |||
==Yoruba Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.yorubadictionary.com/ YorubaDictionary]: Yoruba-English dictionary, by Pamela Smith & Adebusola Onayemi | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.freelang.net/online/yoruba.php Freelang]: Yoruba-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfTheYorubaLanguage?view=theater Dictionary of the Yoruba language] (1910) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=9qETAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Vocabulary of the Yoruba language] by Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1852) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=NMINAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Vocabulary of the Yoruba language] (1843) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=v3pEAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Grammar and dictionary of the Yoruba language] by Thomas Bowen (1858) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_60271_7/component/file_60272/content The body in Yoruba] <span class="k">[PDF]</span> by Mark Dingemanse (2006) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol14num3/olateju.pdf The Yoruba animal metaphors] by Adesola Olateju, in ''Nordic journal of African studies'' (2005) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262637470_Yoruba_names_and_gender_marking Yoruba names and gender marking] by Olanikė Ola Orie, in ''Anthropological linguistics'' (2002) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262805020_Historical_changes_in_Yoruba_names Historical changes in Yoruba names] (2016) | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/yoruba_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Yoruba Lessons== | ==Free Yoruba Lessons== | ||
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==Yoruba Online Virtual Keyboard== | |||
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== Last Lessons == | |||
[[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Folktales|Folktales]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Proverbs|Proverbs]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Beverages|Beverages]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Common-Foods|Common Foods]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Irregular-Verbs|Irregular Verbs]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Regular-Verbs|Regular Verbs]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Traditional-Dance|Traditional Dance]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Traditional-Music|Traditional Music]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Hobbies-and-Leisure-Activities|Hobbies and Leisure Activities]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Daily-Routines|Daily Routines]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Modern-Celebrations|Modern Celebrations]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Traditional-Festivals|Traditional Festivals]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Shapes|Shapes]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Telling-Time|Telling Time]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Counting-in-Yoruba|Counting in Yoruba]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Yoruba-Food-and-Mealtime-Etiquette|Yoruba Food and Mealtime Etiquette]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Culture/Yoruba-Family-Structure|Yoruba Family Structure]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Introducing-Yourself-and-Others|Introducing Yourself and Others]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Common-Greetings|Common Greetings]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Basic-Sentence-Structure|Basic Sentence Structure]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Alphabets-and-Pronunciation|Alphabets and Pronunciation]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/0-to-A1-Course|0 to A1 Course]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/How-to-Use-Be|How to Use Be]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/How-to-say-Good-Bye?|How to say Good Bye?]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Health|Health]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Give-your-Opinion|Give your Opinion]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Express-Surprise|Express Surprise]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Gender|Gender]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]] — [[Language/Yoruba/Vocabulary/Fruits|Fruits]] | |||
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Facts about Yoruba[edit | edit source]
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
yor - Autonyms (how to write "Yoruba" in Yoruba):
Èdè Yorùbá / عِدعِ يوْرُبا - Other names for "Yoruba":
Yariba, Yooba, Yorùbá, Èdè Yorùbá - The Yoruba language is spoken in:
Nigeria
Yoruba is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently Southwestern Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is stated as roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers.
As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria with smaller migrated communities in Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
Sources[edit | edit source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language
Videos[edit | edit source]
YORUBA GREETINGS[edit | edit source]
GREETINGS FOR DIFFERENT TIMES IN YORUBA[edit | edit source]
Learn Yoruba Greetings[edit | edit source]
Yoruba Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
• YorubaDictionary: Yoruba-English dictionary, by Pamela Smith & Adebusola Onayemi
• Freelang: Yoruba-English dictionary
• Dictionary of the Yoruba language (1910)
• Vocabulary of the Yoruba language by Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1852)
• Vocabulary of the Yoruba language (1843)
• Grammar and dictionary of the Yoruba language by Thomas Bowen (1858)
• The body in Yoruba [PDF] by Mark Dingemanse (2006)
• The Yoruba animal metaphors by Adesola Olateju, in Nordic journal of African studies (2005)
• Yoruba names and gender marking by Olanikė Ola Orie, in Anthropological linguistics (2002)
• Historical changes in Yoruba names (2016)
Sources[edit | edit source]
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/yoruba_dictionary.htm
Free Yoruba Lessons[edit | edit source]
Language Exchange[edit | edit source]
Forum[edit | edit source]
Tools[edit | edit source]
Marketplace[edit | edit source]
Yoruba Online Virtual Keyboard[edit | edit source]
Last Lessons[edit | edit source]
Folktales — Proverbs — Beverages — Common Foods — Irregular Verbs — Regular Verbs — Traditional Dance — Traditional Music — Hobbies and Leisure Activities — Daily Routines — Modern Celebrations — Traditional Festivals — Shapes — Telling Time — Counting in Yoruba — Yoruba Food and Mealtime Etiquette — Yoruba Family Structure — Introducing Yourself and Others — Common Greetings — Basic Sentence Structure — Alphabets and Pronunciation — 0 to A1 Course — How to Use Be — How to say Good Bye? — Health — Give your Opinion — Express Surprise — Gender — Future Tense — Fruits