Yoruba Speaking Countries

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Countries

Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

Rank: 13 (Overall)

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National Language

Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Yoruba Countries

Yoruba is one of the important languages. Yoruba countries are the countries where Yoruba is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Yoruba countries are the countries where Yoruba is main language. In Yoruba countries, all the official documents are written in Yoruba language. In Yoruba speaking countries, various Yoruba Dialects are spoken. Each Yoruba dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Yoruba speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Yoruba Language.

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Yoruba national language and Yoruba as a Second Language

Yoruba speaking countries include both countries with Yoruba national language and Yoruba as a second language. Check if Yoruba language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Yoruba is national language of .

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

Yoruba is second language of .

The Yoruba countries mentioned under Yoruba Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Yoruba language.

Yoruba as minority language

Countries with Yoruba as minority language are also included in Yoruba speaking countries.

Yoruba is spoken as minority language in .

Along with Yoruba speaking countries check out Yoruba speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

Continent wise Yoruba speaking countries mainly lie in .

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Yoruba Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Yoruba language are Yoruba regulators. Yoruba is regulated by . The regulatory bodies of Yoruba lie in Yoruba speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Yoruba: .

The Yoruba language is derived from and is closely related to .