Introduction

Yorùbá is a language spoken by a people cutting across several countries.

Yorùbá is one of the three main languages spoken in Nigeria; the most populous country in Africa. It is believed that the Yorùbá constitute about 30 million individuals throughout the region of West Africa. As a language of a people, and not of a single nation or continent, Yorùbá is also spoken in parts of Togo, Ghana, Republic of Benin, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Cuba, The Caribbean etc. It is the language of Yorùbá people all over the world – including those in the United Kingdom !!!