Spoken widely by about 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Yorùbá language has been influenced by the English language spoken by the British, who held colonial power in Nigeria from 1914 to 1960.
Ó tó ẹgbẹẹgbẹ̀rún ènìyàn 40 tíó ń fọ èdè Yorùbá ní orílẹ̀ èdè Nàìjíríà, irú èdè Yorùbá ti dàpọ̀ mọ́ ṣapala èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì, tí í ṣe èdè ìjọba amúnisìn àná láti ọdún 1914 sí 1960.