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How to recognize Yoruba
Yoruba is one of 35 languages in Grafle's Latin group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Dots under letters (ọ, ṣ) combined with tone accents on top — that combo means Yoruba.
- 'gb' at the start of words is a West African signature.
What Yoruba looks like
Gbogbo ènìyàn ni a bí ní òmìnira àti ní ìdọ́gba iyì.
Báwo ni o ṣe wà lónìí?
Àgbà kì í wà lọ́jà kí orí ọmọ tuntun wọ́.
Latin scripts: The alphabet you're reading now. Each language gives itself away by its own special letters and accent marks.
Where you'll see it on signs
- Nigeria
- Benin