Understanding the Yoruba Language & Providing Professional Yoruba Interpreters and Translators
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Yorùbá (native name èdè Yorùbá, 'the Yorùbá language') is a Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas. Yoruba is a tonal language. Apart from referring to the aggregate of dialects and their speakers, the term Yoruba is used for the standard, written form of the language. The closest relative to the Yoruba language is the Itsekiri language spoken in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria; it is related within the Atlantic-Congo subbranch of Niger-Congo to other Volta-Niger languages such as Igbo and Bini.
The ancestor of the Yoruba speakers is, according to their oral traditions, OThe ancestor of the Yoruba speakers is, according to their oral traditions, Oduduwa, son of Olódùmarè, the supreme god of the Yoruba. Although they share a common history, it is only since the second half of the nineteenth century that the children of Oduduwa share one name. At some stage the term Yariba or Yoruba came into use, first confined to the Ọyọ Kingdom; the term was used among the Hausa (as it is today) but its origins are unclear. In part due to the development of a written standard, the term Yoruba was extended to include all speakers of the language. Although they share a common history, it is only since the second half of the nineteenth century that the children of Oduduwa share one name. At some stage the term Yariba or Yoruba came into use, first confined to the Ọyọ Kingdom; the term was used among the Hausa (as it is today) but its origins are unclear. In part due to the development of a written standard, the term Yoruba was extended to include all speakers of the language.
Yorùbá (native name èdè Yorùbá, 'the Yorùbá language') is a Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas. Yoruba is a tonal language. Apart from referring to the aggregate of dialects and their speakers, the term Yoruba is used for the standard, written form of the language. The closest relative to the Yoruba language is the Itsekiri language spoken in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria; it is related within the Atlantic-Congo subbranch of Niger-Congo to other Volta-Niger languages such as Igbo and Bini.
The ancestor of the Yoruba speakers is, according to their oral traditions, OThe ancestor of the Yoruba speakers is, according to their oral traditions, Oduduwa, son of Olódùmarè, the supreme god of the Yoruba. Although they share a common history, it is only since the second half of the nineteenth century that the children of Oduduwa share one name. At some stage the term Yariba or Yoruba came into use, first confined to the Ọyọ Kingdom; the term was used among the Hausa (as it is today) but its origins are unclear. In part due to the development of a written standard, the term Yoruba was extended to include all speakers of the language. Although they share a common history, it is only since the second half of the nineteenth century that the children of Oduduwa share one name. At some stage the term Yariba or Yoruba came into use, first confined to the Ọyọ Kingdom; the term was used among the Hausa (as it is today) but its origins are unclear. In part due to the development of a written standard, the term Yoruba was extended to include all speakers of the language.
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