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Language · Atlantic-Congo

Yoruba

Èdè Yorùbá – its own name

Listed in 2 countries.

Speakers (estimate): c. 32 million; sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
Family: Atlantic-Congo; Defoid (Yoruboid)
Script: Latin
Codes: yo · yor; Glottolog yoru1245

Where it is spoken

Widely used 1
Minority 1

Widely used

Nigeria 13% 31 million
Predominant in the south-west.

Minority

Benin 6.7% 985 thousand

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