Play media Yoruba ( /j ɒr ʊ b ə / ; .Yor Èdè Yorùbá ; Ajami : عِدعِ يوْرُبا ) ulimi olukhulunywa eNtshonalanga Afrika, ikakhulukazi eNingizimu-ntshonalanga yeNigeria .Kukhulunywa ngabantu baseYoruba bobuzwe.Inani lezikhulumi zaseYoruba kuthiwa lilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-50, kanye nezikhulumi ezingaba yizigidi ezimbili zolimi lwesibili.Njengolimi olunabaningi, kukhulunywa ikakhulu endaweni yezilimi ehlanganisa iNigeria nemiphakathi emincane efudukile eCote d'Ivoire, eSierra Leone naseGambia . Njengolimi oluyinhloko lwesiYoruboid, isiYoruba sihlobene kakhulu nezilimi isi- Itsekiri (esikhulunywa eNiger Delta ) nesi- Igala (esikhulunywa enkabeni yeNigeria).   IsiYoruba sihlukaniswa phakathi kwezilimi zase-Edekiri, zona kanye ne- Itsekiri kanye ne- Igala ehlukanisayo ezakha iqembu lezilimi zaseYoruboid ngaphakathi kwegatsha laseVolta – Niger lomndeni waseNiger-Congo.Ubunye bezilimi bomndeni waseNiger –Congo buqala emlandweni ojulile, kulinganiselwa eminyakeni engaba ngu-11000 edlule (ukuphela kwe- Upper Paleolithic ).ENigeria yanamuhla, kulinganiselwa ukuthi kunezikhulumi ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-40 zolimi lwesiYoruba nolwesibili kanye nezinye izigidi zezikhulumi ngaphandle kwaseNigeria, okwenza kube yilona limi olukhulunywa kakhulu e-Afrika ngaphandle kwezwekazi.