The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are a large ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in Africa; the majority of them speak the
Yoruba language (èdèe Yorùbá; èdè = language). The Yoruba constitute approximately 21 percent of
Nigeria's total population, and around 30 million individuals throughout the region of
West Africa. They share borders with the
Borgu (variously called Bariba and Borgawa) in the northwest, the
Nupe and
Ebira in the north, the
Ẹsan Afemai and
Edo to the southeast, the
Igala and other related groups to the northeast, and the
Egun,
Fon, and other
Gbe-speaking peoples in the southwest. While the majority of the Yoruba live in western Nigeria, there are also substantial indigenous Yoruba communities in
Benin,
Ghana and
Togo. The Yoruba are the main ethnic group in the states of
Ekiti,
Lagos,
Ogun,
Ondo,
Osun, and
Oyo, which are subdivisions of Nigeria; they also constitute a sizable proportion of
Kwara and
Kogi states as well as of the
Benin.
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