Monday, August 18, 2008

Yoruba Greeting and Custom

In the world today Yoruba is among the first Tribe that has respect and good characters and attitude
Yoruba ladies are the one of best for home material


Yoruba has the highest chracters fellow by India and other Asia Continents

Eg
If someone use at least 1 day to senior you in Age in yoruba tribe you must call Him or She Uncle or Aunty

Eg Uncle Sam correct
Eg Sam Not correct

If a Yoruba man wanted to greet his Father or Mother or any elderly person in the family you must remove your cap and Positrate on the floor

If a Yoruba lady wanted to greet his Father or Mother or any elderly person in the family she must Knee Down on the floor

And if Yoruba woman want to give his husband something she much blend down or knee down

As a Yorubas if you notice someone senior you,you must not be the first to ask for hand shake

Yoruba are one of the first who has meaning for everything of nature and names and translation of Oracle,

Yoruba believe much in proverb and they are like camelon,genius sometimes they play a game like green snake under the grass..

Yoruba believe much in ORACLE words...that is the reason Yoruba Tribe cannot just give someone a name without reason...the name must have a reason

Learn Yoruba

To learn Yoruba best link ever http://www.learnyoruba.com/

Yoruba Alphabet

The Yorùbá Alphabet


A B D E E̩ F G GB H I J K L M N O O̩ P R S S̩ T U W Y



An Example of the Yorùbá Language


Ò̩nà tí o ro̩rùn latifi kó̩ pípe ò̩rò̩ pè̩lú àwo̩n àmì yìí ni tí a báfí wé dídún-un mé̩ta nínú àwo̩n ohún tí a ńfi dùrù tàbí pianó tè̩. Àwo̩n ohùn nàá ni

dò rē mí.

Akì í sábà fi àmi àárín (-) sori ò̩rò̩ àfi lé̩è̩kò̩ò̩kan lórí i n̄ tabi m̄.

Translation: The easy way to learn how to pronounce words with these accent marks is to compare them with three of the tones played on the organ or piano. These are:

do re mi


The middle tone mark is rarely placed on letters of the alphabet except occasionally on n and m.

Yoruba Name and meaning

Common Yoruba Names
damilola
yinka
bose
bosede

gbenga
kolawole
kolade
kole
bimbo
muyiwa
Kola
Seun
tosin
fadeke
folake
sewa
Tola
Bunmi
Segun
Tope
Ola
Tunji
Kemi
Biola
Bola
Bimbo
Toyin
Akin
Ade
tunde
Ikudasi
Sango
Oya
Ibijola
Mayokun
Funmilayo
Funmilola
Babatunde
Idowu
taiye
kehide
Alaba
Idowu
Idogbe
Abeni
Akande
Akani
Adebayo
Adekola
Kolade
Kole
owolabi
lolade
eluwole
Ogun
Obafemi
Wole
soyinka
Dele
Ayo
Wale
Tobi
keke
bolale

http://www.20000-names.com/male_african_names.htm

http://www.20000-names.com/female_african_names.htm

Yoruba Dictionary

Yoruba Dictionary is the first Dictionary in Africa get translated from English to Yoruba and others Yoruba words and meaning

Yoruba Bible

Yoruba Bible happen to be this first bible in Africa to get translated from English to Yoruba by Samuel Ajayi

Yoruba Foods

Yoruba are the right owner of those food below
AKARA,
AMALA,
EGUSI,
EWEDU
EFO
ERU
OLE
MoinMoin
Eba,
ikokore
Eko
Iyan
Gari
ओगी
कोकोरो
अदलु
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/food.हटमल
चेक मोरे online

Most of this food are well know Gambia,FreeTown,Benin,Barbados,Bahamas