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Name:
Yoruba
Alternate Names:
Yooba; Yariba; Ede-Yoruba
Spoken in:
USA, Benin, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo
Number of speakers:
18,900,000 in Nigeria (Johnstone 1993). Population total all countries: 19,380,800
(Ethnologue)
Code:
yor
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Edekiri (edki)
Child Dialects:
Akono (yor-ako)
Ekiti (yor-eki)
Ikale (yor-ika)
Egba (yor-egb)
Igbonna (yor-igb)
Yagba (yor-yag)
Bunu; Bini (yor-bun)
Jumu (yor-jum)
Ila (yor-ila)
Ilaje (yor-ilj)
Ijebu (yor-ije)
Ondo (yor-ond)
Ijesha (yor-ijs)
Gbedde (yor-gbe)
Awori (yor-awo)
Aworo (yor-awr)
Iworro (yor-iwo)
Oyo (yor-oyo)
Owe (yor-owe)
Wo (yor-woo)
Map of Yoruba
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