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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:16 am
Welcome to the Yoruba General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Yoruba language, including, but not limited to:
-asking specific questions about Yoruba vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak Yoruba fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for Yoruba dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful language of Nigeria! 3nodding
Please note that although speaking in Yoruba is allowed here, it is not mandatory.
Let's start off with a few facts about the Yoruba language:
Spoken in: Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Total number of speakers: >25 million
Language Family: Niger-Congo
Regulated by: No official regulation
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:17 am
WEBSITES
http://www.learnyoruba.com/
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:19 am
DICTIONARIES, GRAMMAR BOOKS, ETC.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:23 pm
D:
I don't think anyone in this Guild speaks Yoruba.
It's very pretty though.
Báwo ni= hello.
And that's all I currently know... I'm going to start learning it in October/November. I'm excited.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:23 am
Cool, a yoruba thread, I wish I knew Yoruban. I have too many languages on my list sweatdrop .
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:36 am
xD I do, too. Hopefully, by Fall, I'll be more advanced in Swedish and able to handle a new language.
Which languages are you currently studying?
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:12 am
Yoruba is awesome. Is one of the languages I want to learn someday.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:08 am
It is!
A guy from Nigeria (native speaker of Yoruba) came to my school a few Fridays ago for some anti-tobacco assemby; which, in all honesty, I was not interested in and was consequently translating that Ni Wa Wa song into my conlang. After he'd finished speaking, a few people went down to talk to him and ask him questions. I waited ever-so-patiently until everyone else left and we had about an eight minute conversation on languages. xD That was the highlight of my week.
He gave me a sample sentence of Yoruba. I had fun trying to de-construct it afterwards with no prior knowledge on the language. xD
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:24 pm
Aww, it's a shame I don't know Yoruba sad . Learning this would give me a good excuse to take a trip to Nigeria one day. ninja
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:00 am
COUGH
The front page of the guild totally hasn't changed at all.
COUGH
At any rate, it makes me happy that people are becoming interested in the less well-known languages. I mean, I suppose French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Chinese are all well and good, but there are so many languages that are so awesome that get neglected, like Yoruba, and I'm glad that's changing here.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:34 am
Eccentric Iconoclast At any rate, it makes me happy that people are becoming interested in the less well-known languages. I mean, I suppose French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Chinese are all well and good, but there are so many languages that are so awesome that get neglected, like Yoruba, and I'm glad that's changing here. Agreed 3nodding
I think I'll go and take a look at it ^.^
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:31 am
Kalathma xD I do, too. Hopefully, by Fall, I'll be more advanced in Swedish and able to handle a new language.
Which languages are you currently studying? I speak english, I'm in spanish class, I'm teaching myself german, and I want to learn japanese someday.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:23 pm
Ah yes a language used in the country that started 419 scams! xd
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:06 am
Koko.Dk Ah yes a language used in the country that started 419 scams! xd For the record, the majority of Nigerian scams are actually by the Dutch, whose scammers apparently like picking on Nigeria.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:19 am
Eccentric Iconoclast Koko.Dk Ah yes a language used in the country that started 419 scams! xd For the record, the majority of Nigerian scams are actually by the Dutch, whose scammers apparently like picking on Nigeria. xD Really? Why do they like to do that?
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