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Lanre Idewu
Lanre is a Nigerian given name of Yoruba language, Yoruba origin that may refer to *ELDee (born Lanre Dabiri in 1977), Nigerian rapper *Rilwan Lanre Babalola, Nigerian minister *Lanre Buraimoh, Nigerian-born artist *Lanre Fehintola, British photojournalist *Lanre Hassan (born 1950), Nigerian film actress *Lanre Kehinde (born 1994), Nigerian football player *Lanre Oyebanjo (born 1990), British football player *Adeola Lanre Runsewe (born 1989), Nigerian football midfielder *Lanre Tejuosho (born 1964), Nigerian senator *Lanre Towry-Coker (born 1944), Nigerian architect, politician and socialite {{given name Yoruba given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami script, Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern Middle Belt, and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the Ethnic group, ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they use remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. Usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
