This unique bilingual dictionary gives English speakers and other non- Yoruba a tool with which to learn one of the national languages of Nigeria, while simultaneously giving Yoruba scholars, students, and educators a voice to reach each other and the rest of the world in their native language.
Among the dictionary’s features are:
- A comprehensive review of the Yoruba alphabet and tonal system.
- More than 26,000 total dictionary entries, which include medical terms, the basic elements, as well as plant and animal taxonomy.
- Examples and idiomatic expressions that provide a context for new vocabulary words.
- A grammar section that includes part of speech and sentence structure.
- A list of Yoruba and English word roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
- An appendix of scientific measurements and rudimentary mathematical terminology.
