Yoruba Language

                               Yoruba is a member of the Volta-Niger branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages. It is spoken by about 28 million people in southwest Nigeria, Benin, Togo, the UK, Brazil and the USA. It is one of the four official languages of Nigeria, along with English, Hausa and Igbo. Yoruba is a tonal language with three tones: high, mid and low.The Yoruba people are one of the ethnic groups of South Western Nigeria and Southern Benin in West Africa.The Yorubas are  a distinctive people who are bound together by a common language with various different dialects.They also share a rich history and culture.The Yoruba language offers a substantial amount of unique Yoruba literature, some of which has gained recognition at the international level.As at 2010,records had it that about the number of Yoruba language speakers was put at 30million.Interestingly,many  Yoruba words are used in the Afro-Brazilian region known as Candomble and in many other Afro-American religions in the Americas and the Caribbean.Among all the languages spoken by ethnic group in Nigeria,the Yoruba Language is most closely related to the Igala(spoken in central Nigeria)  and the Itsekiri Language(spoken in Niger Delta).

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