Description

This dictionary pairs 10,700 English, Portuguese and Yoruba terms. It also includes a guide to the English, Portuguese and Yoruba alphabet and pronunciation.

Yoruba is a language of western Africa spoken by approximately 40 million people. It is one of the four official languages of Nigeria, along with English, Hausa and Igbo. It is spoken in southwest Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Togo, with a large diaspora in the UK, Brazil and the USA. Recent announcements in the press indicate that there are a enough speakers in Brazil to justify teaching in Yoruba in the schools.This dictionary is excerpted from Words R Us, a multi-lingual dictionary and thesaurus based on Wordnet developed by Princeton, University.