Yoruba Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Yoruba Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Yoruba Words

This book is a follow-up of the Yoruba Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Yoruba word list of the first book in the Yoruba learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Yoruba students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Yoruba words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Yoruba and 85% of all written Yoruba.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Yoruba learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Yoruba course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Yoruba lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Yoruba words. The Yoruba word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Yoruba vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Yoruba words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Yoruba to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Yoruba words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Yoruba Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Yoruba word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Yoruba words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Yoruba
• list of adverbs in Yoruba
• list of conjunctions in Yoruba
• list of prepositions in Yoruba
• list of pronouns Yoruba
• list of nouns in Yoruba
• list of common Yoruba verbs
•  2,500 Yoruba words in alphabetical order.

Yoruba pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Yoruba words, so you know how to pronounce Yoruba words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Yoruba: Summary

The Yoruba Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Yoruba. Study the most used words to expand your Yoruba vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Yoruba lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.