What is 2 in Yorùbá?

2 in Yorùbá

méjì

Hear it in a sentence

Alùpùpù mi ní táyà méjì sí i

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 2 is built in Yorùbá

2 is a base word. Counted aloud it is èjì; before a noun, and as taught to learners, it is méjì.

2 in the other Nigerian languages

2 in Igboabụọ 2 in Hausabiyu

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

1ọ̀kan 3mẹ́ta 4mẹ́rin 5márùn-ún

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.