Yoruba Translator & Phrasebook

Search 175 app-local starter records and use the orthography lab to inspect tone and dot-below distinctions. Cloud translation is optional and separate.

Reading marks in the draft: an acute mark such as á indicates high tone, an unmarked a indicates mid tone, and a grave mark such as à indicates low tone. Many records below are not fully tone-marked, so these spellings and the browser voice are not pronunciation authority.

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Coverage and orthography boundary

175 embedded starter records; product boundaries checked 26 July 2026. All records have English, Yoruba, pronunciation-guide, and category fields with no duplicate English prompt. This remains an unreviewed learning draft, not an exhaustive dictionary or human-quality translator.

Core fixtures now preserve forms such as Báwo ni?, Ẹ káàárọ̀, Ẹ ṣéun, Iṣẹ́, Ikọ́, and Ẹ̀jẹ̀ ríru / ìfúnpá gíga. Tone marking remains incomplete elsewhere, and Nigerian, Beninese, Togolese, community, and diaspora usage can vary.

Dictionary reference: The Yoruba Dictionary at Yale. This is a lookup aid, not an entry-level source ledger or qualified-speaker sign-off for the embedded draft.

  • Provenance: unreviewed app-local draft
  • Default: local lookup
  • Core tone-marked fixtures
  • Cloud: explicit page-session consent

Yoruba orthography lab

Marks are meaning, not decoration. Compare common plain-keyboard spellings with tone- and dot-below-sensitive forms before copying a phrase.

Export the local phrasebook

Download the built-in records as TXT or use your browser’s print dialog to save a PDF. Both paths are local, free, and ungated.

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How to use this Yoruba starter phrasebook

Search the embedded English–Yoruba draft by English wording, Yoruba spelling, or category. The page works locally for these 175 records; text outside the inventory can be sent to the separate machine-translation service only after explicit page-session consent.

Orthography is part of the meaning

Yoruba uses tone marks and dot-below letters. This draft preserves those marks where supplied but does not claim complete tone marking, dialect coverage, or qualified review. Do not remove diacritics from important wording merely because a keyboard makes them inconvenient.

Usage varies

Nigerian, Beninese, Togolese, community, and diaspora wording can differ. Treat medical, legal, safety, financial, public, or ceremonial phrases as prompts for qualified human review, not approved translations.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much Yoruba does this phrasebook contain?

It contains 175 embedded starter records from an unreviewed app-local draft. It is not an exhaustive dictionary or a qualified translation resource.

Are tone marks and spellings complete?

No. The page preserves tone marks and dot-below letters where supplied, but tone marking is incomplete and important wording requires qualified Yoruba review.

Is the listen button a pronunciation authority?

No. It uses your browser’s speech system, which may not provide a Yoruba voice and may fall back to another voice. Verify pronunciation with a qualified Yoruba speaker.