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Literary Yoruba, also known as Standard Yoruba, Yoruba koiné, and common Yoruba, is a separate member of the dialect cluster. It is the written form of the language, the standard variety learned at school, and that is spoken by newsreaders on the radio.
Pages in category "Yoruba words and phrases" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abiku;
Nevertheless, from a linguistic standpoint, both Itsekiri and standard Yoruba (based on the Oyo dialect) can be considered to represent two official variants of what is essentially the same language - one is a Southern Yoruba dialectal fusion of Ijebu, Ondo, Owo - spoken as a national language by over a million people and the other a fusion of ...
Table below illustrates the Yoruba Anjẹmi alphabet, the yellow highlights indicating letters that are exclusively used for writing loanwords and do not correspond to independent phonemes, 10 in total. Green highlights the two unique new letters that have been adopted for use in Yoruba, and don't have any equivalent in Arabic.
"Thank you" Ladino: בֿיבֿאס (vivas), קריזקאס (crezcas) after a second sneeze, and אינפֿלוריזקאס (enflorezcas) after a third sneeze "May you live", "May you grow" after a second sneeze, and "May you flourish" after a third sneeze מירסי (merci) "Thank you" Latgalian: Veseleibā "To your health" Paldis "Thank you ...
Igala is closely related to both Yoruba and Itsekiri languages. The Itsekiris are a riverine Yoruboid people who live in the Niger Delta region. They maintain a distinct identity separate from other Yoruboid people but speak a very closely related language.
Yoruba culture consists of cultural philosophy, religion and folktales. They are embodied in Ifa divination, and are known as the tripartite Book of Enlightenment in Yorubaland and in its diaspora. Yoruba cultural thought is a witness of two epochs. The first epoch is a history of cosmogony and cosmology.
Yoruba copper mask for King Obalufon, Ife, Nigeria c. 1300 CE. The Yoruba are said to be prolific sculptors, [6] famous for their terra cotta works throughout the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries; artists have also made artwork out of bronze. [7] Esiẹ Museum is a museum in Esiẹ; [8] a neighbouring town to Oro in Irepodun, Kwara.