A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in Brazil and Cuba.

(chiefly in the plural) A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, Brazil and Cuba.

plural of Yoruban

A member of the Yoruba people.

Belonging to the Yoruba people. / Pertaining or belonging to the Yoruba religion.

The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa.