The African languages that interest me are Swahili, Yoruba, and Malagasy.
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Yoruba
//ˈjɔːɹəbə//
Synonyms for "yoruba" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
32 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- յորուբա name (a sub-Saharan language)
Bulgarian
1 entries- йору́ба name (a sub-Saharan language)
Catalan
1 entries- ioruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 約魯巴語 /约鲁巴语 name (a sub-Saharan language)
Finnish
2 entries- joruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
- joruba-uskonto name (family of religions)
French
2 entries- yorouba name (a sub-Saharan language)
- yoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Galician
1 entries- ioruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Georgian
1 entries- იორუბა name (a sub-Saharan language)
German
1 entries- Yoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Irish
2 entries- Iarúbach name (family of religions)
- Iarúibis name (a sub-Saharan language)
Japanese
1 entries- ヨルバ語 name (a sub-Saharan language)
Korean
1 entries- 요루바어 name (a sub-Saharan language)
Marathi
2 entries- योरुबा name (a sub-Saharan language)
- योरुबा name (family of religions)
Nupe
1 entries- Èyàgi name (a sub-Saharan language)
Polish
2 entries- joruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
- joruba name (family of religions)
Portuguese
4 entries- ioruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
- iorubano name (a sub-Saharan language)
- iorubá name (a sub-Saharan language)
- nagô name (a sub-Saharan language)
Russian
1 entries- йо́ру́ба name (a sub-Saharan language)
Spanish
2 entries- nago name (a sub-Saharan language)
- yoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Swahili
1 entries- Kiyoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Swedish
1 entries- yoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Turkish
1 entries- Yoruba name (a sub-Saharan language)
Yoruba
1 entries- Yorùbá name (a sub-Saharan language)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I read the research paper "Some diachronic changes in Yoruba grammar."
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Having at last acquired a fair knowledge of the Yoruba language, Anna Hinderer started a day school for children, and to nine little boys who were regular in their attendance she gave a blue shirt each, of which they were immensely proud.
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Oke speaks Yoruba, French, Arabic, and English.
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