Nobel Laureate and author, Wole Soyinka, has described Yoruba as a highly tonal and complex language, saying its structure makes it difficult for non-native speakers to master.
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Nobel Laureate and author, Wole Soyinka, has described Yoruba as a highly tonal and complex language, saying its structure makes it difficult for non-native speakers to master.
โYoruba is a very difficult language. I wonโt recommend it for my favorite scholar. Hausa is looser than Yoruba. Igbo is a little more torturous than Yoruba, but nothing compares to the musicality of Yoruba.โ โ Professor Wole Soyinka