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• NUMBERS
• PEOPLE
• BODY PARTS
• HOUSE PARTS
• PLACES
• OTHER WORDS

NUMBERS

Thank you ay86@yahoo.com for the Hausa corrections.

#	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
1	okan or eni or kan	ofu	daya
2	eji or meji	abua	biyu
3	meta	ato	uku
4	merin	ano	hudu
5	marun	ise	biyar
6	mefa	isii	shida
7	meje	asaa	bokwai
8	mejo	asato	takwas
9	mesan	itenani	tara
10	mewa	ili	goma
11	mokanla	ili na ofu	goma sha daya
12	mejila	ili na abua	goma sha biyu
13	metala	ila na ato	goma sha uku
14	merinla	ili na ano	goma sha hudu
15	medogun	ili na ise	goma sha biyar
16	merindilogun	ili na isii	goma sha shida
17	metadilogun	ili na asaa	goma sha bokwai
18	mejidilogun	ili na asato	goma sha takwas
19	mokandilogun	ili na itenani	goma sha tara
20	ogun	ogu	ashirin
Note the pattern of the following...it seems to be consistent up to 100
21	mokanlelogun	ogu na ofu	ashirin da daya
22	mejilelogun	ogu na abua	ashirin da biyu
23	metalelogun	ogu na ato	ashirin da uku
24	merinlelogun	ogu na ano	ashirin da hudu
25	medogbon	ogu na ise	ashirin da biyar
26	merindilogbon	ogu na isii	ashirin da shida
27	metadilogbon	ogu na asaa	ashirin da bokwai
28	mejidilogbon	ogu na asato	ashirin da takwas
29	mokandilogbon	ogu na itenani	ashirin da tara
30	ogbon	ogu na ili	talatin
31	mokanlelogbon	ogu na ili na ofu	talatin da daya
32	mejilelogbon	ogu na ili na abua	talatin da biyu
33	metalelogbon	ogu na ili na ato	talatin da uku
34	merinlelogbon	ogu na ili na ano	talatin da hudu
35	marundilogoji	ogu na ili na ise	talatin da biyar
36	merindilogoji	ogu na ili na isii	talatin da shida
37	metadilogoji	ogu na ili na asaa	talatin da bokwai
38	mejidilogoji	ogu na ili na asato	talatin da tara
39	mookandilogoji	ogu na ili na itenani	Talatin da tara
40	ogoji	ogu abua	Arba'in
50	adota	ogu abua na ili	Hamsin
60	ogota	ogu ato	Sittin
70	adorin	ogu ato na ili	Saba'in
80	ogorin	ogu ano	Tamanin
90	adorun	ogu ano na ili	Tasa'in
100	ogorun	nari	dari
200	ogorun meji	nari ibua	dari biyu
300	ogorun meta	nari ato	dari uku
400	ogorun merin	nari ano	dari hudu
500	ogorun marun	nari ise	dari biyar
600	ogorun mefa	nari isii	dari shida
700	ogorun meje	nari asa	dari bokwai
800	ogorun mejo	nari asato	dari takwas
900	ogorun mesan	nari itenani	dari tara
1000	egberun	puku	dubu
From here on, follow the pattern

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PEOPLE

PERSON	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
man	okunrin or arakunrin	nwoke	namiji
woman	obinrin or arabinrin	nwanyi	mata
child	omode	nwatakiri	yaro
children	awon omode	umuaka	yaro
mother	iya or mama	nne	uwa
father	baba	nna	uba
brother	(as far as I know, there is no word for these. egbon is an older sibling of either gender, and aburo is a younger sibling of either gender.	nwannenwoke	wa or kaui
sister		nwannenwanyi	ya or kanwu

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BODY PARTS

(from head to toe, repeats are NOT typos)

PART	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
hair	irun	ntutu	gashi or suma
head	ori	isi	kai
eyes	oju	anya	ido
nose	imu	imi	hansi
mouth	enu	onu	baki
teeth	eyin	eze	hakori
tongue	ahon	ire	harshe
ears	eti	nti	kunne
arm	apa	agbe aka	hannu
hand	owo	obo aka	hannu
finger	ika owo	mkpuru aka or mkpisi aka	yatsa
nail	ekanna	mbo	farce or kusa
stomach	ikun	afo	ciki
leg	ese	ukwu	kafa
foot	ese	okpa	kafa
toe	omo-ese	mkpuru okpa or mkpisi ukwu or mkpisi okpa	yatsar kara

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HOUSE PARTS

ITEM	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
house	ile	ulo	gida
door	ilekun	uzo	kofa
window	ferese	windo	taga
floor	ilenle	ala	dabe
ceiling	aja ile	silin	silin

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PLACES

PLACE	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
home	ile	ulo or uno	gida
school	ile-iwe	ulo akwukwo	makaranta
church	ile Olorun	ulo uka	coci
market	oja	ahia	kasuwa

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OTHER WORDS

WORD	YORUBA	IBO	HAUSA
God	Olorun	Chi	Allah
Lord	Oluwa	?	?
food	ounje	nri	abinci
water	omi	mmiri	ruwa
clothes	aso	uwe or akwa	tufafi
shoes	bata	akpukwu	takalmi
money	owo	ego	kudi

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