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Translate your product to Yoruba
Yoruba is spoken by more than 50M people, concentrated in southwestern Nigeria and Benin, with sizable diaspora communities in the UK, US, and beyond. It's the dominant language of Lagos, Africa's largest city and a leading fintech and startup hub.
Why add Yoruba to your product?
Lagos, a leading African tech hub
Lagos is home to one of Africa's most active startup ecosystems, with a fintech sector that has attracted significant international investment and a dense concentration of software buyers, developers, and digital-first businesses.
A large, concentrated speaker base
Yoruba speakers are concentrated in southwestern Nigeria and neighboring Benin, with well-established diaspora communities in the UK, US, and Canada โ giving a Yoruba translation a dense, addressable market rather than a widely dispersed one.
A commercial capital with deep market depth
As Nigeria's commercial and financial capital, Lagos concentrates banking, media, and consumer businesses in a single metro area, creating a dense market for digital products and services aimed at Yoruba-speaking professionals and consumers.
A sophisticated, digitally fluent buyer base
Lagos-based businesses and professionals are experienced evaluators of international software, having adopted global SaaS, fintech, and productivity tools early. A native Yoruba experience signals attentiveness to a market that already expects digital-first service.
Add Yoruba in 3 steps
- 1
Create a Lingvit project
Sign up at app.lingvit.com and create a project for your site. Select Yoruba as a target language.
- 2
Paste the script tag
Copy your project script tag and add it before
</body>on every page. One line โ no SDK, no build changes.<script src="https://cdn.lingvit.com/widget.bundle.js?v=1" async></script> - 3
Go live
Deploy your site as usual. Visitors with Yoruba browser settings see your content in Yoruba automatically. Review and refine translations any time from the dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is Yoruba machine translation?
Yoruba is a tonal language, and tone can carry meaning that's easy to lose in automated translation. Modern machine translation handles everyday business and product content well; the Lingvit editorial dashboard lets your team review tone-sensitive or high-visibility copy.
Does Lingvit support Yoruba's tone marks and special characters?
Yes. Yoruba uses the Latin alphabet with tone marks (like รก and ร ) and underdotted letters (แบน, แป, แนฃ) to distinguish meaning. Lingvit renders all of these correctly across modern browsers and devices.
Is localizing to Yoruba worth it for reaching Lagos specifically?
Yes. Lagos is Nigeria's commercial capital and a major African tech and fintech hub, with a large, digitally engaged Yoruba-speaking population. A native-language product experience can meaningfully differentiate you with this concentrated, sophisticated buyer base.
Start translating to Yoruba today
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