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Countries in Yoruba

This is a list of some popular countries in Yoruba. It is a nice addition to our other 2 pages: Languages and Nationalities.

Britain: Orílẹ̀-èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
Morocco: Moroko
China: Ṣaina
Brazil: Burasil
America: Amerika
France: Faranse
Germany: Jamani
Greece: Giris
Israel: Isirẹli
India: Orílẹ̀-èdè India
Ireland: Orílẹ̀-èdè Ayalandi
Italy: Orílẹ̀-èdè Itali
Japan: Orílẹ̀-èdè Japaani
Korea: Orílẹ̀-èdè Korea
Iran: Orílẹ̀-èdè Iraanu
Portugal: Orílẹ̀-èdè Pọtuga
Russia: roshia
Spain: Orílẹ̀-èdé Speeni
Sweden: Orílẹ̀-èdè Swidini
Pakistan: Orílẹ̀-èdè Pakistan

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation about nations. All you need is to swap the countries but keep the same sentence structure.

I live in America: Amẹrika ni mo ngbé
I want to go to Germany: Mo fẹ́ lọ sí Jamani
I came from Spain: Speeni ni mo ti wá
I was born in Italy: Itali ni a bí mi sí
Japan is a beautiful country: Japaani jẹ́ orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó rẹwà
Have you ever been to India?: Njẹ́ ẹ / o ti dé India rí

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