Figures

300= Odunrun

1,000= Egberun

2,000=Egbaa

3,000=Egbeedogun

4,000= Egbaaji

5,000= Egbedogbon

6,000= Egbata

7,000= Edegbarin

8,000= Egbaarin

10,000= Egbaarun

11,000= Edegbaafa

12,000= Egbaafa

13,000= Edegbaaje

14,000= Egbaaje

15,000=Edegbaajo

16,000= Egbaajo

17,000= Edegbaasan

18,000= Egbaasan

19,000= Edegbaawa

20,000= Okekan

Yoruba: Principle of Classification

Classification is possible because there are differences in words. The differences may come in many ways:
Meaning: Ile--House
                 Oko--Farm
                 Ilu----Town, etc

Size:        Agadagodo (5 syllables)---Padlock
                 Ogede (3 syllables)--------Banana
                 o  ( with the hign accent 'mi')-He, She,it
 
Functions: Yoruba words fall into six syntactic classes/parts of speech. These parts of speech are:
                 Noun----Oro oruko
                 Verb----Oro Ise
                 Qualifiers---Oro Asapejuwe
                 Modifiers---Oro Asaponle
                 Conjunctions---Oro asopo ( ati, abi , sugbon)
                 Introducers-----Oro isina
                

Metalanguage

1. Abdomen------ Ikun
2. Ability---------Ipa
3. Reading Ability--Ipa iwe kika
4. Abstract----------Afoyemo
5. Abstract noun ----Oro oruko afoyemo
6. Absurd------------Saibogbonmu
7. Absurdity---------Kobogbonmu/aibogbonmu
8. Situational absurdity--Kobogbonmu ni aaye kan
9. Accent-----------------Asenti
10. style/Speech---------Isowosoro

NB: Yoruba is a tonal language but apologies for the missing tonal accents.