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Yoruba Language and Culture Resources
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Digital Libraries
- Dictionary of the Yoruba Language
- Free Yoruba-English Dictionary App for Android
- Yoruba-English Dictionary
- Forvo Crowdsourced Pronunciation Dictionary
Grammar
Vocabulary
- Yoruba Adjectives
A short list of English adjectives and their equivalents in Yoruba - Yoruba Nouns
Video presenting thematically organized vocabulary (both written and spoken forms) - Yoruba Phrases
List of common phrases in Yoruba
Reading & Writing
- Omniglot
A description of the Yoruba writing system - Yoruba alphabet
YouTube video presenting the Yoruba alphabet (including accents) - Òwe Yorùbá
Yoruba Proverbs
Listening & Speaking
- Yoruba Pronunciation Guide
- Greetings in Yoruba
- Communicating in Yoruba
Series of video lessons for speaking - Three Basic Tones
Video guide to 3 basic tones
Online Course Materials
- FSI Yoruba
- My Yoruba
- Yorùbá Yé Mi
A multimedia textbook for learning basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills - Yorùbá Yé Mi Podcast
Podcast lessons to accompany online textbook
Social Media
Arts, Films & Music
- Africa Guide to Yoruba Culture
- Yoruba Art & Culture (A Teaching Kit)
- A Forest of a Thousand Daemonds
Brief essay about the first novel written in Yoruba (1938) - Mondo Yoruba
Cultural blog in English and Yoruba - Cambridge Histories Online
History of Yoruba literature (PDF) - The Future of Yoruba Oral Performance
Article and videos on Yoruba poetry and spoken word