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Yoruba

Йоруба

language area per Glottolog
Atlantic-Congo
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

Main language: Yoruba. Glottolog classifies it in the Atlantic-Congo family.

Languages and their lineage

Yoruba

  1. Atlantic-Congoatla1278
  2. Volta-Congovolt1241
  3. Benue-Congobenu1247
  4. Defoiddefo1239
  5. Yoruboidyoru1244
  6. Edekiriedek1238
  7. Edeedea1234
  8. Eastern Edeeast2738
  9. Southeastern Edesout3186
  10. Nuclear Yorubanucl1747
  11. Lucumi-Yorubalucu1239
  12. Yorubayoru1245

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

AkanNkole peopleKisii peopleBanyarwandaKissi peopleGola peopleSwahili peopleYeyi peopleIgboZuluXhosa

Sources

  1. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)