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| Abimbola wants private schools to teach in mother tongue - Daily Sun Daily Sun---...- to governments in the six Yoruba states of the South-west to compel private nursery and primary schools to instruct their pupils in -Yoruba language-. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:47:58 GMT+00:00 |
| Joes Pub Presents Olatuja Project 8/12 - Broadway World Broadway World---...- call-and-response vocals and the -Yoruba language-, while working comfortably with musical vocabularies more familiar to Western ears: neo-soul balladry, ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:41:17 GMT+00:00 |
| The changing face of traditional rulership - Vanguard Vanguard--But looking back I still feel squeamish standing to speak the -Yoruba language- before the custodians of the language. The ball had, however, been set rolling ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:05:05 GMT+00:00 |
| 'Why Belly Bellows is in English' - NEXT NEXT--I would be happier if there is this kind of prize for writing in -Yoruba language-, I would like to win that if it is possible."--- - Date : Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:55:31 GMT+00:00 |
| 'Igbo Language may go extinct' - NEXT NEXT--I don't care... na language I go chop I agree that this language might go to extinction but the -Yoruba language- and other Nigeria languages are also on the ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:36:43 GMT+00:00 |
| A Day With My White Yorùbá Aunty - P.M. News P.M. News--Wendy insists the -Yoruba language- is one of the richest in the world. She told me she feels a sense of sadness that children of Yoruba migrants in the ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:32 GMT+00:00 |
| Juju scare disrupts Island Club peace meeting - Modern Ghana Modern Ghana--As he stormed out of the meeting, he (Anibaba) told his accusers in -Yoruba language- 'bi e sen pariwo mo mi, awon omo to mbo lehin yin, ase irue fun yin,' ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:05:46 GMT+00:00 |
| Lagos Assembly To Continue Thursdays' Deliberations In - Nigeria Daily Independent Nigeria Daily Independent--Lagos State House of Assembly has given the assurance that it will continue to carry out its deliberations on Thursdays in -Yoruba Language-. ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:45:20 GMT+00:00 |
| How Ologundudu promoted, preserved Yoruba culture - Nigerian Tribune Nigerian Tribune--“The white men are now passionately learning, speaking and even wanting to teach us our language. If an alien to -Yoruba Language- and culture are proud of ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:03:32 GMT+00:00 |
| How commercial driver defiled primary school pupils - Nigerian Tribune Nigerian Tribune--The victims who spoke with the Crime and Security in -Yoruba language- said that the suspect actually slept with them. Crime and Security gathered that in the ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:06:37 GMT+00:00 |
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| À à | A a | Á á | B b | D d | È è | E e | É é | Ḕ ḕ | Ė ė | Ḗ ḗ | F f | G g | GB gb | H h | Ì ì |
| I i | Í í | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | Ò ò | O o | Ó ó | Ṑ ṑ | Ȯ ȯ | Ṓ ṓ | P p | R r | S s |
| Ṡ ṡ | T t | Ù ù | U u | Ú ú | W w | Y y | ₦ | C c | Q q | V v | X x | Z z | Ȼ | @ | © |
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| Close | i | u | ĩ | ũ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nasal | m | ŋ ~ ŋ̍ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t d | ɟ | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | l ~ n | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | Western Nigeria * Nigeria | |
| Subgroups | Ijesha * Egba * Egbado * Igbomina * Awori | |
| Politics | Rulers of Dassa * Rulers of Icha * Rulers of Ketu * Rulers of Sabe * Olota of Ota * Ijebu * Oyo Empire * Ila Kingdom * Western Nigeria * Nigeria | |
| Geography | States: Lagos State * Ogun State * Osun State * Ekiti State * Ondo State * Oyo State * Delta state Major cities: Lagos * Ibadan * Abẹokuta * Ọyọ * Ilé-Ifẹ | |
| Demographics | Yoruba people * United Kingdom | |
| Culture | ||
| Working | Arabic * English * French * Portuguese * Spanish * Swahili | |
| Transnational | Hausa * Somali * Yoruba * Igbo * Oromo * Kinyarwanda/Kirundi * Swati * Tswana * Sotho * Wolof * Kongo/Kituba * Kanuri * Fula * Chichewa * Lingala * Malagasy * Afrikaans * Shona * Tigrinya * Mòoré * Zulu | |
| National | Amharic * Sango | |