Yoruba leid
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Yoruba /ˈjɒrʊbə/[2] (natively èdè Yorùbá) is a Niger–Congo leid spak in Wast Africae. The nummer o speakers o Yoruba wis estimatit at aroond 20 million in the 1990s.[3] The native tongue o the Yoruba fowk is spak, amang ither leids, in Nigerie, Benin, an Togo an in communities in ither pairts o Africae, Europe an the Americaes. A variety o the leid, Lucumi, frae olukunmi is uised as the liturgical leid o the Santerie releegion o Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic an the Unitit States. It is maist closely relatit tae the Owo an Itsekiri leid (spak in the Niger-Delta) an Igala spak in central Nigerie.[4]
Quick Facts Yorùbá, Native tae ...
Yorùbá | |
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èdè Yorùbá | |
Native tae | Nigerie, Togo, Benin |
Ethnicity | Yoruba fowk |
Native speakers | 28 million (2007)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Latin (Yoruba alphabet) Yoruba Braille | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Nigerie |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | yo |
ISO 639-2 | yor |
ISO 639-3 | yor |
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