Yorubaland extends from Lagos northwards
to the Niger (Ọya) and from Benin Republic eastwards to Benin. Not less than
ten out of the eleven largest towns in Nigeria are inhabited mainly by Yorùbá.
These are Lagos, Ibadan, Ogbomọṣọ, Ilọrin, Abẹokuta, Iwo, Oṣogbo, Ẹdẹ,
Iṣẹ́yìn, Ọyọ. The largest is Ibadan, then Lagos. The standard dialect is
that of Ọyọ; others are Ẹgba, Ifẹ, Ijẹṣa, Ekiti, Ondo. Ọwọ, Ilọrin, Iṣẹyin
and Ijẹbu.
Refereces
Abraham, R.C. (1958), Dictionary of Modern Yoruba. London: Hodder
and Stoughton.
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