49 Yoruba Dialects and Their Geographical Location

The Yoruba language and its dialects are spoken by the Yoruba people, who make up more than 44 million people in Africa.

There are over a million Yoruba speakers outside the continent of Africa, and they bear further representation among members of the African diaspora community.

The majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 20% of the country’s estimated population, making them one of the largest and most concentrated ethnic groups in Africa.

Here is a list of  Yoruba Dialects and Their Geographical locations.

1. Yoruba-Ife
2. Yoruba-Oyo
3. Yoruba-Ohori (Benin Republic)
4. Yoruba-Ketu (Benin Republic)
5. Yoruba-Idaacha (Benin Republic)
6. Yoruba-Ekiti
7. Yoruba-Okun
8. Yoruba-Ife/Atakpa Central (Togo)
8. Yoruba-Ana(Togo)
9. Yoruba-Oworo
10. Yoruba-Akoko
11. Yoruba-Ijesa
12. Yoruba-Owo
13. Yoruba-Akure
14. Yoruba-Ondo
15. Yoruba-Ikale
16. Yoruba-Ilaje
17. Yoruba-Egba
18. Yoruba-Ijebu
19. Yoruba-Awori
20. Yoruba-Yewa
21. Yoruba-Igbomina
22. Yoruba – Ibolo
23. Yoruba-Onko
24. Yoruba-Owe
25. Yoruba-Itsekiri
26. Yoruba-Ibini
27. Yoruba-Lukumi (Delta State)
28. Yoruba-Ilorin
29. Yoruba-Akus (Gambia)
30. Yoruba-Oku (Sierra Leone)
31. Yoruba-Brazil
32. Yoruba-Cuba
33. Yoruba-Haiti
34. Yoruba-Trinidad
35. Yoruba-Guyana
36. Yoruba-Jamaica
37. Yoruba-St Lucia
38. Yoruba-Isabe (Benin Republic)
39. Yoruba-Popo (Benin Republic)
40. Yoruba-Ifon (Benin Republic)
41. Yoruba-Ajase Cotonou (Benin Republic)
42. Yoruba-Ogori (kogi state)
43. Yoruba-Egun (Badagry-Lagos)
44. Yoruba-Kokori (Delta State)
45. Yoruba-Anago (Benin Republic)
46. Yoruba-Ajara (Benin Republic)
47. Yoruba-Okeije (Benin Republic)
48. Yoruba – Isakete (Benin Republic)
49. Yoruba – Gaa (Ghana)

We also have Yoruba major communities in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Ghana, Ouagadougou/Bobodalazo (Burkina Faso), and Liberia, though they are sparsely populated.