The
Yoruba people () are an ethnic group of Southwestern and North central
Nigeria as well as Southern and Central
Benin in
West Africa. The Yorùbá constitute over 40 million people in total; the majority of this population is from Nigeria and make up 21% of its population, according to the
CIA World Factbook, making them one of the largest
ethnic groups in Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the
Yoruba language which is
tonal, and is the
Niger-Congo language with the largest number of native speakers.