Yoruba language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yoruba
Èdè Yorùbá
Native to	Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Ethnicity	Yoruba people
Native speakers	28 million  (2007)ne2007
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger YEAI Yoruboid Edekiri Yoruba
Writing system	Latin (Yoruba alphabet) Yoruba Braille
Official status
Official language in	Nigeria  Benin  Togo
Linguasphere	98-AAA-a
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The Yoruba language is a Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa. The number of speakers of Yoruba was thought to be 20 million in the 1990s. It is one of the languages in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas.

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In Spanish: Idioma yoruba para niños