YORUBA - A Language of NIGERIA (and the WORLD)

This video is all about Yoruba, one of the major languages of Nigeria, and spoken by much of the Nigerian diaspora around the world.

Special thanks to Stephen Ogunbiyi for his Yoruba audio samples and feedback.

Visual editing and effects: Luis Solana Ureña (Acribus Studio)

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Music: "Ommission" by Huma-Huma.

[Langfocus]

And yes, I know I said that Lagos is the capital. The capital is actually Abuja, so I should have said that Lagos is the largest city.

[osz]

As a Cuban I feel a deep connection to this language, which here we call Lucumí, the language of the gods. Ashé for my Yoruba brothers and sisters 🕊️💙🤍💚

[tosin]

You pronounced 'Yoruba' and I smiled, because you pronounced it properly and I was very proud. Respect to you my brother.

[TreyMessiah]

I'm a black American (Decendents of slaves) and I've recently did my ancestral DNA and I'm 85% West African and I done my ethnic tribe research and my highest tribe is Esan and Yoruba, I am trying to reconnect my lost African heritage and trying to learn Yoruba

[hoangkimviet]

I hope more African languages will be introduced.

[thadsul]

As a brazilian, Yoruba would probably be the first african language I chose to learn, because it's the one I have had some contact with through religion

[ArturFernandesdeSouzaFilho]

I'm Brazilian and it didn't sound so strange to me because we have several words that are derived from that language, especially in the state of Bahia and in religions of African origin such as Umbanda and Candomblé

[IyanuoluwaOlolade]

I am a Yoruba lady from Ibadan, Nigeria.
I didn't get to understand and speak the Yoruba Language much earlier because the English Language was prioritized in all formal settings. But guess what, I developed myself.
Now, I have a YouTube channel 'TEMITIRE TV' where I discuss social interaction techniques in YORUBA LANGUAGE.

[onyedikachiugwuanya]

I'm not Yoruba; I'm Igbo, but I greatly appreciate this video. Thank you very much. I love how you used local pronunciation, maintaining the language's intonation - a very important part of the language. Thank you very much for this video.

[theseyi]

Yes! As a Yoruba, I’m excited to see this video, and you always put great care into each language! Thanks LangFocus, can’t wait!

[kale]

I’m Nigerian but grew up in America, I picked up yoruba when I went back on vacation when I was young. This video is awesome! E ku se, well done sir!

[opeyemiojutiku]

His pronunciation of "yoruba" is perfect.. Got it 100%

[Handsome.Liberian.African]

What a majestic language. Love from a African American🥰😍😍🤩

[jptrrs]

As a Brazilian, I hear yoruba and instantly understand why our Portuguese sounds so different from the other varieties: the massive, undeniable influence of millions of people who were stolen from the other side of the ocean over centuries and forced to colonize these lands. I may not look like I'm from african descent, but my tongue is! 😜Thanks for our sound, Nigeria!

[UMVELINQANGI]

Yoruba is a fascinating and beautiful language. As a black American, I was very happy to learn through DNA testing that my ancestors came from what today is called Nigeria. I hope one day to visit there.

[Mu-vmij]

I absolutely love how many languages you cover, so many linguistic channels only cover European languages, and even then they tend to shy away from some parts of Eastern Europe. Not only do you do a deep dive into the language, you discuss the history and bring on people who speak these languages to ensure all the words are said correctly and respectfully. Truly t one of the best language channels on YouTube!

[brunopaeslemeferreira]

I hope you mention the great influence the Yoruba language has on Brazilian Portuguese! Looking forward to know more about this language!

[fegaogbe]

I've been watching your videos for years. They are always super insightful, educative and entertaining. As a Nigerian who was born and raised in Germany, I've been hoping you'd one day feature one of the languages of Nigeria and the day has finally come. This video was yet again super insightful.

What stood out to me are the similarities between Yoruba and my native tongue Urhobo, which is an Edoid language spoken in the south-south region of Nigeria by the Urhobo people (who are a minority ethnic group of ca. 4 Millionen people). The similarities most definitely come from the Yoruba influence on Edoid languages. One is the example of the word for cat 'Ológbò' which is 'Onogbo' in Urhobo (in my dialect at least). Urhobo is also a tonal language, it has the same sentence structure like Yoruba and we also have the alphabets 'ẹ' and 'ọ'.

Another example for the Yoruba influence on Urhobo and other Edoid languages is the word for child ('ọmọ') which is used in Yoruba and in many Edoid languages aswell.

I really enjoyed this video and I'm looking forward to more videos on languages or language groups from Nigeria or a video on the languages of Nigeria in general 🇳🇬.

Greetings from Germany!! 🇩🇪

[jasminalagic]

As a Slavic (Bosnia) native speaker, I am more intimidated by languages like this than by some highly inflected ones. Even though BCMS has contour, I am still having a hard time differentiating tones in Yoruba and alike languages but it's probably listening and practicing that'd make it easier. Yoruba sounds great, really pleasing phonetically especially nasal vowel endings :) I'd like to see Igbo and a comparison maybe. Thanks, Paul, you did great as per usual.

[joaopedrodamasio]

As a Brazilian, this language is so so important, as it shaped Brazilian culture heavily.