Yoruba Language

Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently South western Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is estimated at between 45 and 55 million. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin and Togo, with smaller migrated communities in Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America.As the …

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World Bank Group · 25 May 2023 English

culturally homogeneous and speak a dialect of Yoruba language known as Ekiti. The homogeneous nature of Ekiti


UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues · 4 January 2023 English

System-Wide Action Plan to achieve the ends of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Background As per the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples …

languages. The keynote speaker, a professor of Yoruba language, stated the importance of mother language and


Brookings Institution · 29 November 2021 English

This policy brief highlights ways that a gender-responsive perspective can be fully incorporated into planning, policy design, and implementation models for education in emergencies (EiE) in Nigeria, so that governments …

thus requiring the researcher to introduce Yoruba language translation. The problem of low formal language


Cleen Foundation · 30 April 2021 English

students’ union politics and got elected considered to be a challenge to thegovernment He took the then IGP, Tafa Balogun to Chicago Speaker of the UNN Student Union, as well …

expects to have a relationship that is Wthe Yoruba language, mutually respectful, supportive and dignified


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 8 August 2020 English

From the US South and the Mexico altiplano in the north, to the Peruvian coastal lowlands and the Argentine pampas down south, the rhythms of Africa continued to beat. [...] …

Mexico, 166, 167, 170, 177 Yolofo people, 49 Yoruba language, 26,238 Yoruba peoples, 24, 33, 52 religion


OER Africa · 6 August 2020 English

UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition Online Consultations Report.final.docx UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition Consultations 22 – 24 July 2020 Final Meeting Report 1 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4 Deliberations of the …

yobamoodua.org/ayipada‐oju‐ojo/  targeting Yoruba language speakers. A project leader in   South Afr


APHRC: Africa Population Health Research Center · 29 March 2019 English

An understanding of older men and women’s perceptions and dispositions is necessary, judging by the evidence on the sexualization of the woman’s body and the premium on sexual pleasures and …

semistructured interviews were transcribed in the Yoruba language and then translated into English. Two experts


3ie: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation · 13 March 2019 English

Formative evaluation

group dialogues in each ward took place in the Yoruba Language. The two joint groups developed Memorandums developed in English and translated into the Yoruba language. Similarly, the household survey questionnaire questionnaire was translated into the Yoruba language and administered by enumerators fluent in the language. The joint group dialogues took place in the Yoruba Language. Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were developed


3ie: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation · 13 March 2019 English

Formative evaluation

group dialogues in each ward took place in the Yoruba Language. The two joint groups developed Memorandums developed in English and translated into the Yoruba language. Similarly, the household survey questionnaire questionnaire was translated into the Yoruba language and administered by enumerators fluent in the language. The joint group dialogues took place in the Yoruba Language. Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were developed


NAMS: North American Menopause Society · 11 February 2019 English

311 Adaptation and translation of the menopause-specific Utian Quality of Life (UQOL) scale to Yoruba language using middle-aged women attending a clinic in Nigeria Obalowu Ismaila Aberi, MD, FWACP, Odeigah

menopause-specific Utian Quality of Life (UQOL) scale to Yoruba language using middle-aged women attending a clinic


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