Concept information
Preferred term
Type
-
language
Definition
- 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. It is most closely related to the Itsekiri language spoken in the Niger-Delta and Igala spoken in central Nigeria.
Entry terms
- Yoruba language
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- yor
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- yor
ISO 639-1 code
- yo
ISO 639-3 code
- yor
In other languages
-
Yoruba
Afrikaans
-
Yulùba
Aghem
-
Yoruba
Akan
-
ዮሩባዊኛ
Amharic
-
اليوروبية
Arabic
-
لغة يوربا
-
yoruba
Asturian
-
Kiyoruba
Asu
-
yoruba dili
Azerbaijani
-
riyúuba
Bafia
-
yorubakan
Bambara
-
ইওরুবা
Bangla
-
ইয়োরুবা ভাষা
-
Hɔp u yorūbà
Basaa
-
yorubera
Basque
-
Jorubera
-
Ёруба, мова
Belarusian
-
Ichi Yoruba
Bemba
-
Hiyoruba
Bena
-
ዮሩባዊኛ
Blin
-
योरूबा
Bodo
-
jorubanski
Bosnian
-
yorouba
Breton
-
Yoroubeg
-
йоруба
Bulgarian
-
ioruba
Catalan
-
Ioruba
-
Tayurubat
Central Atlas Tamazight
-
Oruyoruba
Chiga
-
约鲁巴语
Chinese
-
Йоруба
Chuvash
-
Joruuba
Colognian
-
joruba
Croatian
-
jorubština
Czech
-
yoruba
Danish
-
Yoruba
Dutch
-
ཡོ་རུ་བ་ཁ
Dzongkha
-
Kĩyoruba
Embu
-
joruba
Esperanto
-
Joruba lingvo
-
joruba
Estonian
-
yorubagbe
Ewe
-
ǹkɔ́bɔ yorúba
Ewondo
-
yoruba
Faroese
-
Yoruba bhasa
Fiji Hindi
-
Yoruba
Filipino
-
Finnish
-
Joruban kieli
-
yoruba
French
-
Yoruba
-
yoruba
Friulian
-
Yorrubaa
Fulah
-
ioruba
Galician
-
Luyoruba
Ganda
-
იორუბა
Georgian
-
Yoruba
German
-
Γιορούμπα
Greek
-
યોરૂબા
Gujarati
-
Kiyoruba
Gusii
-
Yarbanci
Hausa
-
יורובה
Hebrew
-
योरूबा
Hindi
-
joruba
Hungarian
-
jórúba
Icelandic
-
Yoruba
Igbo
-
Yoruba
Indonesian
-
Bahasa Yoruba
-
Iarúibis
Irish
-
yoruba
Italian
-
Lingua yoruba
-
ヨルバ語
Japanese
-
yoruba
Jola-Fonyi
-
ioruba
Kabuverdianu
-
Tayurubit
Kabyle
-
kutitab Yoruba
Kalenjin
-
Kiyoruba
Kamba
-
ಯೊರುಬಾ
Kannada
-
یورُبا
Kashmiri
-
Иоруба
Kazakh
-
យរូបា
Khmer
-
Kiyoruba
Kikuyu
-
요루바어
Korean
-
Yorbance senni
Koyraboro Senni
-
Yorbance senni
Koyra Chiini
-
Yorúbâ
Kwasio
-
Kɨyorúuba
Langi
-
ໂຢລູບາ
Lao
-
jorubu
Latvian
-
yoruba
Lingala
-
jorubų
Lithuanian
-
Jorubų kalba
-
Nyoruba
Luba-Katanga
-
Kiyoruba
Luo
-
Kiyoruba
Luyia
-
јоруба
Macedonian
-
Јорупски јазик
-
Kyiyoruba
Machame
-
Iyoruba
Makhuwa-Meetto
-
Chiyoluba
Makonde
-
Yôrobà
Malagasy
-
യൊറൂബാ
Malayalam
-
Joruba
Maltese
-
योरुबा
Marathi
-
nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ lyoruba
Masai
-
Kĩyoruba
Meru
-
yoruba
Morisyen
-
Yoruba
Mundang
-
Yorubab
Nama
-
योरूवा
Nepali
-
isi-Yorubha
North Ndebele
-
Joruba
Norwegian
-
joruba
Norwegian Bokmål
-
joruba
Norwegian Nynorsk
-
Yoruba
-
Thok yurubani
Nuer
-
Oruyoruba
Nyankole
-
ୟୋରୁବା
Odia
-
یوروبایی
Persian
-
زبان یوروبایی
-
Lenga Yoruba
Piedmontese
-
joruba
Polish
-
Język joruba
-
ioruba
Portuguese
-
Língua iorubá
-
Yoruba simi
Quechua
-
yoruba
Romanian
-
yoruba
Romansh
-
Kiyoruba
Rombo
-
Ikiyoruba
Rundi
-
йоруба
Russian
-
Йоруба
-
Kyiyoruba
Rwa
-
Kiyoruba
Samburu
-
Yoruba
Sango
-
Ishiyoluba
Sangu
-
Yoruba
Scottish Gaelic
-
iorubá
Sena
-
Јоруба
Serbian
-
Kiyoluba
Shambala
-
chiYoruba
Shona
-
යොරූබා
Sinhala
-
jorubčina
Slovak
-
jorubščina
Slovenian
-
Oluyoruba
Soga
-
Yoruuba
Somali
-
yoruba
Spanish
-
Idioma yoruba
-
Swedish
-
Yoruba
-
Yoruba
Swiss German
-
ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵓⴱⴰⵜ
Tachelhit
-
Kiyoruba
Taita
-
யோருப்பா
Tamil
-
யொரூபா மொழி
-
Yorbance senni
Tasawaq
-
యోరుబా
Telugu
-
Kiyoruba
Teso
-
โยรูบา
Thai
-
ዮሩባዊኛ
Tigre
-
lea fakaʻiōlupa
Tongan
-
Yoruba
Turkish
-
йоруба
Ukrainian
-
Йоруба
-
یوروبا
Urdu
-
يورۇباچە
Uyghur
-
ꖎꖄꕑ
Vai
-
Tiếng Yoruba
Vietnamese
-
Kyiyoruba
Vunjo
-
Yorouba
Walloon
-
Yoruba
Walser
-
Iorwba
Welsh
-
nuyolúpa
Yangben
-
Èdè Yorùbá
Yoruba
-
Yorbance senni
Zarma
-
isi-Yoruba
Zulu