Contraction of sọ ọ̀rọ̀ (“to say words”).
sọ̀rọ̀
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - sọ̀rọ̀ (“to speak, talk”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | sọ̀rọ̀ |
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | fọfọ̀ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | sọ̀rọ̀ | |
| Èkó | Èkó | sọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | sọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | sọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | sọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | sọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìkirè | sọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Ìwó | sọ̀rọ̀ | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | sọ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | sɔ̀rɔ̀ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | fọ́ràn | ||
| Owé | Kabba | họ̀rọ̀ | |||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | fafɔ̀ | ||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | ||||
| Boko | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | ||||
| Est-Mono | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | ||||
| Moretan | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | tsárũ, wíìnyɛ̀ | ||||
| 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. | |||||