Yoruba

Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa
Intangible natural_language Q34311
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Yoruba

Summary

Yoruba is a natural language[1]. Yoruba ranks in the top 9% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,142 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yoruba is in the country of Nigeria[3].
  • Yoruba is in the country of Benin[4].
  • Yoruba is in the country of Togo[5].
  • Yoruba's video is recorded as WIKITONGUES- Olaniyan speaking Yoruba.webm[6].
  • Yoruba's video is recorded as Short Oral history of Okeho in Onko language by a native speaker (non-subtitled).webm[7].
  • Yoruba's video is recorded as Abioye Yoruba.webm[8].
  • Yoruba's image is recorded as Ìwé ìjìnlẹ̀ Fúnẹ́tíìkì àti fọnọ́lọ́jì.jpg[9].
  • Yoruba's instance of is recorded as natural language[10].
  • Yoruba's instance of is recorded as modern language[11].
  • Yoruba's audio is recorded as Ọgbọ́n lafi ṣe ìlú i lára.ogg[12].
  • Yoruba's ISO 639-1 code is recorded as yo[13].
  • Yoruba's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as yor[14].
  • Yoruba's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as yor[15].
  • Yoruba's GND ID is recorded as 4120403-7[16].
  • Yoruba's locator map image is recorded as Yorubaland location map.png[17].
  • Yoruba's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85149236[18].
  • Yoruba's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11945279q[19].
  • Yoruba's IdRef ID is recorded as 02740322X[20].
  • Yoruba's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as йор 245[21].
  • Yoruba's subclass of is recorded as Nuclear Yoruba[22].
  • Yoruba's writing system is recorded as Yoruba alphabet[23].
  • Yoruba's writing system is recorded as Yoruba Braille[24].
  • Yoruba's IETF language tag is recorded as yo[25].
  • Yoruba's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00574342[26].
  • Yoruba's Commons category is recorded as Yoruba language[27].

Why It Matters

Yoruba ranks in the top 9% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,142 views/month).[2] Yoruba has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Yoruba is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . inalco.fr. inalco.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Glottolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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