Yoruba is the most popularly spoken language in West Africa. It is the official language of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. It has over 50 million native speakers all around the globe. Yoruba comes under the language family of Niger-Congo. The people who speak the language are called ethnic Yoruba people, and these people are 13.9% of the whole countries population. The language has three writing systems: Yoruba alphabet (Latin), Yoruba Braille, and Arabic script (historically). Yoruba vocabulary is used in several languages like Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian religion), liturgical Lucumí language (Caribbean religion of Santería), and several other Afro-American religions of North America. Yoruba has five different varieties: North-West Yoruba (NWY), North-East Yoruba (NEY), Central Yoruba (CY), South-East Yoruba (SEY), and South-West Yoruba (SWY). In the upcoming article, let’s see how to say months of the year in Yoruba.

Months of the year in Yoruba

In Yoruba, the word months is written as osù and the plural form of Months is written as osu. Here let’s see how to say months of the year of the Gregorian calendar in Yoruba.

How to Say English Months in Yoruba

Here let’s see how to say months of the year in Yoruba.

Month Name in EnglishMonth Name in Yoruba
JanuaryOṣù Ṣẹ̀rẹ́
FebruaryOṣù Èrèlè
MarchOṣù Ẹrẹ̀nà
AprilOṣù Ìgbé
MayOṣù Ẹ̀bìbì
JuneOṣù Òkúdu
JulyOṣù Agẹmọ
AugustOṣù Ògún
SeptemberOṣù Ọ̀wẹwẹ
OctoberOṣù Ọ̀wàrà
NovemberOṣù Bélú
DecemberOṣù Ọ̀pẹ́

Days Based on Months:

Important Days in JanuaryImportant Days in February
Important Days in MarchImportant Days in April
Important Days in MayImportant Days in June
Important Days in JulyImportant Days in August
Important Days in SeptemberImportant Days in October
Important Days in NovemberImportant Days in December

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