Yoruba-Portuguese Dictionary

Yoruba is a living language, spoken in Nigeria, southern Benin, and the republics of Togo and Ghana by approximately 30 million people. In Brazil, it has managed to maintain itself significantly through the liturgy of the Candomblés originating from those regions, becoming one of the most faithful repositories of these traditions.

In the Yoruba-Portuguese Dictionary , José Beniste, lecturer and author of essays on the various cults with Africanist roots, historian, researcher and member of movements that aim to restore Afro-Brazilian religious dignity, presents:

• More than 18 thousand entries;
• Over 15,000 examples of translated sentences;
• Clear explanations of key words;
• Grammatical category of words for guidance in sentence formation.
• Grammar rules;
• Basic guidelines on the structure of the language.

Furthermore, the work includes a section with basic guidelines on the Yoruba language, including the alphabet, pronunciation, tonal system, elongated vowels, elision and assimilation, plural of words, grammatical gender, interrogative sentences, nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, numerals and general observations; that is, more than a dictionary, the Yoruba-Portuguese Dictionary consists of a grammar of Yoruba.