Yoruba language

The Yoruba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa. The number of speakers of Yoruba was thought to be 20 million in the 1990s. It is one of the languages in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Yoruba
Èdè Yorùbá
Native to	Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Ethnicity	Yoruba people
Native speakers	28 million  (2007)ne2007
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger YEAI Yoruboid Edekiri Yoruba
Writing system	Latin (Yoruba alphabet) Yoruba Braille
Official status
Official language in	Nigeria Benin Togo
Language codes
ISO 639-1	yo
ISO 639-2	yor
ISO 639-3	yor
Linguasphere	98-AAA-a

Yoruba Language Media

• A Yoruba speaker, recorded in South Africa

• A short oral history of Egba in Iyewa Egbado langauge by Elegbede Fausat Agbeke, a native speaker on the 25th of May 2021 at Abeokuta in, Ogun state.

• Onko dialect from Okeho

• Shaki dialect

• Oyo dialect from Iwo

• (Ijan) Ekiti dialect

• English: Short oral history of Ile Ife in Ile Ife language by Tunde Odunlade, a Nigerian artiste and dancer. The video was shot at Tunde Odunlade Art Gallery, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria on the 10th of May 2021 by Tunde Oladimeji, a pioneer indigenous documentary filmmaker.*Yoruba: Die ninu itan Ile Ife ni ede Ile Ife ti Tunde Odunlade, ti o je ayaworan ati onijo so.

• The short oral history of Ilesha by Ayo Dayo Fowowe a native speaker on the 12th of May 2021 at Tunde Odunlade Art Galleries in Ibadan, Oyo state.

• A short oral history of Supare in Supare langauge by P.A Lia Rogbitan, a native speaker on the 24th of May 2021 at Supare in Ondo, Oyo state.

• The short oral history of Owo in Owo dialect by Isaac Olatunde a native speaker on the 11h of May 2021 at the Tunde Odunlade Gallery, Ibadan , Oyo State.

• The short oral history of Iwo in Oyo dialect by Olanrewju Kehinde Adesua a native speaker on the 18th of May 2021 in Akure, Ondo state.

• Ijebu dialect

• Ikale dialect