Yoruba language
Yoruba ; Yor. ; Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone as well as The Gambia.
Yoruba vocabulary is also used in a Afro-Brazilian religion call as Candomblé, in a Caribbean religion of Santería in the pretend of the liturgical Lucumí language in addition to various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they usage remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritual is also common, but they develope gone through reshape due to the fact that Yorùbá is no longer a vernacular for them and fluency is not required.
As the principal Yoruboid language, Yoruba is most closely related to the languages Itsekiri spoken in the Niger Delta and Igala spoken in central Nigeria.