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Core Yoruba words you'll hear and use every day.

The people closest to you — parents, siblings, partners.

Name the parts of your body in Yoruba.

What's on a Yoruba plate — staples, sides and sweeteners.

Sky, weather, trees and the creatures around us.

Objects, clothes and furniture you'll find at home.

Basic and modern Yoruba color names.

Counting from one to ten in Yoruba.

Daily greetings, please-and-thank-you, hello and goodbye.

Buying, selling and the language of the marketplace.

Òrìṣà and divine figures from Yoruba cosmology.

Foundational figures, places and ideas of Yoruba history.

Royal titles of kings across Yorubaland.

Major cities and historic towns of Yorubaland.

Regional Yoruba dialects and sub-group names.