From ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)
oúnjẹ
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - oúnjẹ (“food”) | ||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó | jẹ̀rí |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | urúnjẹ | ||
| Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | ejíjẹ, eíjẹ | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | eíjẹ | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | eíjẹ | ||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ijíjẹ | ||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọ̀jẹ̀ | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ | |||
| Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ | |||
| Ifẹ̀ | Ilé Ifẹ̀ | jíjẹ | ||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | oúnjẹ | |
| Èkó | Èkó | oúnjẹ | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | oúnjẹ | ||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | oúnjẹ | ||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | oúnjẹ | ||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | oúnjẹ | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | oúnjẹ | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | oúnjẹ, ìjẹ | ||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | oúnjɛ, ìjɛ | |||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | jíjẹ | |
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti | dzídzɛ, èsè, ìdzɛ | |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | ||||