Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Yoruba

1000 CE – today Living

Yoruba (1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Volta-Niger → Proto-Yoruboid → Yoruba.

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Speakers
47M (47,000,000)
ISO 639-3
yor
Glottocode
yoru1245

Yoruboid language of southwestern Nigeria and Benin (Volta-Niger branch), closely related to Itsekiri and Igala. Written in Latin script since the 19th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Volta-Nigerc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Yoruboidc. 1,000 BCE – 500 CE
  5. Yoruba1000 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Yoruboid.

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