Yorùbá languageYorùbá is a sub-Saharan language. It is the native tongue of the Yorùbá people, and is spoken among other languages in Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone, as well as by communities in Brazil and Cuba (where it is called Nago). It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 30 million speakers. Yorùbá is a tonal language with SVO syntax.Yorùbá Alphabet\n: A B C D E Ẹ F G GB H I J K L M N O Ọ P R S Ṣ T U W YExternal linkLearn Yorùbá \n |
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