A list of Yorùbá language resources you can find on the web.
This is an ongoing resource for learners of Yorùbá. The aim is to have one comprehensive list that can benefit future learners and language enthusiasts.
APPS
IPhone
Yorùbá Names Dictionary on iOS
Yoruba proverbs
Yoruba 101
Android
Yorùbá Names Dictionary on Android
speak yoruba
Yoruba 101
Kabimba App
Yoruba proverb
Online & Physical Schools
Learn Yoruba in 27 days interactive software (www.yorubaforkidsabroad.com)
www.talkasoft.com
Learn Yoruba (www.transparent.com)
www.learnyoruba.com
Morley College
Culture Tree
BOOKS
Alawiye series by J.F Ọdúnjọ
“There’s Rice At Home” by Mayowa Precious
Yoruba di Wura
Yorùbá Yé Mi. A Beginning Yorùbá Textbook. Austin, 2011. Fẹ̀hìntọlá Mosádomi, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (ed.):
Yorùbá Wuyì. Ìwé Kìíní (Book One). A Beginners’ Course in Yorùbá by Karin Barber and Akin Oyètádé. Hakuna Matata Press Èdè Publications, London, 2000
Jé K’Á Sọ Yorùbá/Jé K’Á Ka Yorùbá by Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1993
Colloquial Yoruba. The Complete Course for Beginners By Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher. Routledge, New York, 2008
Earl W. Stevick, Olaleye Aremu, Foreign Service Institute (ed.): Yoruba Basic Course/Yoruba Intermediate Texts. Washington D.C., 1963. (PDF/MP3)
Beginner’s Yorùbá by Káyọ̀dé J.Fákínlẹ̀dé. Hippocrene Books, Inc, New York, 2018 (with online audio files)
Beginner’s Yorùbá by Káyọ̀dé J.Fákínlẹ̀dé. Hippocrene Books, Inc, New York, 2010 (with two audio CDs)
Yoruba. A complete guide and introduction by E.C. Rowlands. The English Universities Press Ltd, Edinburgh, 1969
Teach Yourself Yorùbá. A complete course for beginners. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, Kent, 1998
EuroTalk Ltd: Rhythms Easy Yoruba. Audible Audio Edition, 2011, 58 min.
Yorùbá dùn ún sọ (Book One) by Karin Barber. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1985
Jẹ́ Ká Bára Wa Sọ̀rọ̀ ní Yorùbá.Let’s communicate in Yorùbá. A multidimensional Approach to the Teaching and Learning of Yorùbá As a Foreign Language. By Kọ́lá Owólabí, Adéjùmọ Àrìnpé et al.(ed.). National African Language Resource Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015.
A Grammar of Yorùbá by Ayọ̀ Bamgbóṣé. Cambridge University Press, 1966. Paperback edition 2010
A Grammar of the Yorùbá Language by Bishop Samuel Àjàyí Crowther
Essesntials of Yorùbá Grammar by Ọládélé Awóbùlúyì
Beginning Yorùbá. Part 1 by L.O. Adéwọlé. The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Societies (CASAS), Cape Town, South Africa, 2000
Yorùbá Myths by Ulli Beier
Conversation in Yoruba and English by Chief Isaac O. Delanọ, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, London and Ibadan, 1963
Learning Yorùbá by E.L. Laṣebikan. London University Press, 1958
Lehrbuch der Yoruba-Sprache by Michael Ashiwaju. Verlag Enzyklopädie Leipzig, 1967. (Written: German-Yoruba)
YouTube
Nalingo Naija
CultureTree
Kọ́ mi lédè Yorùbá
Instagram
Kunle Afolayan
Kunle Afolayan Word quizzes
Kunle Afolayan Word Quizzes 2
Dictionaries
R.C.Abraham: Dictionary of Modern Yoruba, University of London Press Ltd, 1958. Reprinted 1970, 1973.
Yiwola Awoyale: Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC). Online.
A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language, Oxford University Press, London, Ibadan, 8th impression, 1962
A Dictionary of the Yorùbá Language, University Press PLC, Ibadan, 2002
Kayode J. Fakinlede: Yoruba. Modern Practical Dictionary. Yoruba-English. English-Yoruba. Hippocrene Books, Inc. New York, 2003. Fourth printing 2011.
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: YorubaWord.com/OroYoruba.com. Online.
Ọlabiyi Babalọla Yai: Yoruba-English, English-Yoruba Concise Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, New York, 1996.
Chief/Ms FAMA Àìná Adéwalé-Somadhi: FAMA’s Èdè Awo Òrìṣà Yorùbá Dictionary (Revised and Expanded Edition), Ilé Ọ̀rúnmìlà Communications, San Bernardino, CA, 1996, 2nd publication 2001.
L.O.Adéwọlé: A bilingualized Dictionary of Yorùbá Monosyllabic Words, The Research in Yorùbá Language and Literature Department, Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọwọ̀ University, Elyon Publishers, Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Second Edition 2014.
Chief I.O. Delano: A Dictionary of Yoruba Monosyllabic Verbs, Volume I (A-L), Institute of African Studies, University of Ife, 1969.
Chief M.A.Fabunmi: Yoruba Idioms. Pilgrim Books, 1970/African Universities Press, Ibadan, 1984 (Reprint).
Thomas Jefferson Bowen: Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba Language. With an Introductory Description of the Country and People of Yoruba. Smithsonian Institution, 1858.
Rev. Samuel Crowther: A vocabulary of the Yoruba language. Together with the introductory remarks by the Rev.O.E.Vidal, Seeleys, London, 1852.
Michka Sachnine, Akin Akinyemi: Dictionnaire yorùbá-français suivi d’un index français-yorùbá. Éditions Karthala et Ifra, Paris, 1997.
Márcio de Jagun: Yorùbá. Vocabulário Temático Do Candomblé. Litteris, 2017.
Abeni Adeola: Yoruba Language. The Yoruba Phrasebook and Dictionary.
Kasahorow: Yoruba Learner’s Dictionary. Yoruba-English English Yoruba.
Lydia Cabrera: Anagó Vocabulario Lucumi (El Yoruba que se habla en Cuba), Prologo de Roger Bastide, Colección del Chiherekú, Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida, 2007
Mario Michelena y Rubén Marrero: Diccionario de Términos Yoruba. Pronunciación, sinonimias y uso práctico del idioma lucumí de la nación Yoruba. Prana, Mexico, Miami, Buenos Aires, 2010.
José Beniste: Dicionário Yorubá Português. Bertrand Brasil, 2011.
Eduardo Napleão: Vocabulário Yorùbá para entender a linguagem dos orixás. Pallas, 2011.
Fonseca Júnior, Eduardo: Dicionário antológico da cultura afro-brasileira : Português - Yorubá - Nagô - Angola - Gêge ; incluindo as ervas dos Orixás, doenças, usos e fitologia das ervas. São Paulo, Maltese, 1995.
Clement Odoje and Aquilina Mawadza (ed.): Yoruba Dictionary & Phrasebook. Hippocrene Books, New York, 2019
AUDIO
YorubaName.com | A Multimedia Dictionary of Yorùbá Names
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