What is 1 in Yorùbá?

1 in Yorùbá

ọ̀kan

Hear it in a sentence

Mo tí tọ́jú ọgbẹ́ ọkàn tí mo ní.

A native speaker reading a whole sentence that contains this number word. The clip was matched to the word automatically.

Recording by a native speaker from NaijaVoices, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

How 1 is built in Yorùbá

1 is a base word. Counted aloud it is ọ̀kan; before a noun, and as taught to learners, it is ọ̀kan.

1 in the other Nigerian languages

1 in Igbootu 1 in Hausaɗaya

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

2méjì 3mẹ́ta 4mẹ́rin

Try another number in the calculator Practise with the Numbers game

These forms are generated from the counting rules of each language and are still awaiting native-speaker review. Numeral words vary by region and by source.