Friday 23 September 2016

Topic 5: THE YORUBA LANGUAGE NUMERALS (Òñkà Yorùbá)

Hi readers.

Today we are going to discuss about numerals in Yoruba Language.

The Yoruba language just like any other language has its own numerals. And it's very unique.

They use the numerals/numbers in several means and ways of those daily life's.

They use the number in business, in counting, in calendar, among many other important aspect of life.

Below are the English and Yoruba Language number

Number    English.     Yoruba.
1.                  One.           Ookan
2.                  Two.           Eéjì/Èjì
3.                  Three.        Eéta
4.                   Four.          Eérin
5.                  Five.             Aárún
6.                  Six.               Eéfà
7.                  Seven.          Eéje
8.                  Eight.           Eéjo
9.                  Nine.            Eésán
10.                Ten.              Eéwa
11.                 Eleven.        Oókànlá
12.                 Twelve.       Eéjìlá
13.               Thirteen.       Eétàlá
14.               Fourteen.      Eérìnlá
15.               Fifteen.          Aárùndínlógún
16.               Sixteen.         Eérìndínlógún
17.              Seventeen.     Eétàdínlógún
18.               Eighteen.       Eéjìdínlógún
19.              Nineteen.        Oókàndínlógún
20.              Twenty.           Ogún

In the next topic, we shall continue from twenty one (21) to (100) one hundred.

Bye for now

2 comments:

  1. The Letter U.....Ukuuku, what does the picture looks like? I cannot remember anymore, I remembered others, but that U....Ukuuku, I cannot remember. Thanks for bringing the Yoruba learning back online,

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  2. i will try and get a picture

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