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 Nigeria.
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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Yoruba is not spoken as second language.
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 Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America.
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 Africa.
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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 Yoruba Academy. The regulatory bodies of Yoruba lie in Yoruba speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Yoruba:
- 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.
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The Yoruba language is derived from Not Available and is closely related to Owo and Itsekiri languages.