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The 23 pages that link to Yoruba language, each with the reason it gives.

• Yoruba peopleRelated: It provides a shared means of communication across many Yoruba communities.

• Tonal languageBroader topic: Its level-tone contrasts show that tone need not depend on contour movement.

• Tone (linguistics)Broader topic: Its level-tone system demonstrates contrasts without requiring contour tones.

• Hausa languageRelated: Yoruba provides a comparison with another major Nigerian language from a different family.

• IfáRelated: Ifá verses rely on Yoruba phrasing, tonal distinctions, and wordplay.

• Yoruba musicRelated: Its tones allow talking drummers and singers to echo the contours of spoken phrases.

• Talking drumBroader topic: Yoruba talking-drum performance can reproduce tonal and rhythmic features of its speech.

• Tunde KelaniRelated: Using Yoruba on screen preserves linguistic texture while reaching audiences in their own language.

• Jùjú musicRelated: Yoruba lyrics carry the genre’s praise poetry, humor, and social commentary.

• AṣẹRelated: Aṣẹ is also an ordinary Yoruba word whose religious force is shaped by its linguistic use.

• IbadanRelated: It is widely spoken in Ibadan and anchors much of the city’s cultural life.

• Igbo languageCompared with: Yoruba is another major Nigerian language, but belongs to a different branch and community.

• Southwestern NigeriaRelated: It is widely spoken across the region alongside English and other Nigerian languages.

• Yoruba cinemaRelated: Dialogue, wordplay, and tonal nuance make Yoruba central to many films' storytelling.

• AdireRelated: The name adire and many technique names come from Yoruba.

• Oyo StateRelated: It is widely spoken alongside English across Oyo State.

• Serial verb constructionRelated: Yoruba illustrates how serial verbs can express linked actions within a clause.

• Hubert OgundeRelated: Performing in Yoruba connected his plays to local audiences and cultural expression.

• ShangoRelated: The name Ṣàngó and its meanings belong to Yoruba linguistic and cultural contexts.

• OsogboRelated: It is widely spoken in Osogbo and connects the city to Yoruba cultural life.

• Amos TutuolaRelated: Yoruba speech and cultural knowledge inform the stories he composed in English.

• IfeRelated: Yoruba names, oral histories, and praise poetry carry Ife’s cultural meanings.

• Ayinde BarristerRelated: Its tones and idioms shaped the verbal rhythms and wordplay of Barrister’s songs.