Syllable Frequency: Yoruba (Yorùbá)

On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Yoruba language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency lists was a Yoruba text with 2,014,338 characters (426,378 words), which consisted of a good mix of different literary genres.

Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)

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Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)

In the following two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Yoruba. From the original text, 377,768 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.50 % are shown. The first list is sorted alphabetically according to the syllables, the second list according to the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the digrams NÍ, GB and TI are the most frequent occurring letter combinations in the Yoruba language.

Letter	Frequency
ÁÀ	0.69 %
AN	0.84 %
ÀN	0.63 %
AR	0.56 %
ÀT	0.71 %
ÀW	1.11 %
BA	0.64 %
BÀ	0.53 %
BÍ	0.59 %
BO	0.71 %
FI	0.59 %
FÚ	0.73 %
GB	2.09 %
IN	0.92 %
ÍN	0.83 %
KA	0.56 %
KÍ	0.55 %
LÁ	0.81 %
LẸ̀	0.61 %
LÚ	0.75 %
MI	0.56 %
NÁ	0.59 %
NI	1.34 %
NÍ	2.09 %
OL	0.57 %
ỌN	1.53 %
OR	0.55 %
Ọ́N	0.72 %
PÉ	0.59 %
RA	0.86 %
RẸ̀	0.64 %
RI	0.59 %
RÍ	0.87 %
ṢE	0.56 %
SÍ	0.75 %
SÌ	1.38 %
TI	1.89 %
TÍ	1.57 %
UN	0.99 %
ÙN	0.56 %
ÚN	1.22 %
WA	0.53 %
WỌ	1.74 %
WỌ́	0.69 %
YÍ	0.54 %

Letter	Frequency
NÍ	2.09 %
GB	2.09 %
TI	1.89 %
WỌ	1.74 %
TÍ	1.57 %
ỌN	1.53 %
SÌ	1.38 %
NI	1.34 %
ÚN	1.22 %
ÀW	1.11 %
UN	0.99 %
IN	0.92 %
RÍ	0.87 %
RA	0.86 %
AN	0.84 %
ÍN	0.83 %
LÁ	0.81 %
LÚ	0.75 %
SÍ	0.75 %
FÚ	0.73 %
Ọ́N	0.72 %
BO	0.71 %
ÀT	0.71 %
ÁÀ	0.69 %
WỌ́	0.69 %
BA	0.64 %
RẸ̀	0.64 %
ÀN	0.63 %
LẸ̀	0.61 %
RI	0.59 %
PÉ	0.59 %
NÁ	0.59 %
FI	0.59 %
BÍ	0.59 %
OL	0.57 %
MI	0.56 %
ṢE	0.56 %
KA	0.56 %
ÙN	0.56 %
AR	0.56 %
OR	0.55 %
KÍ	0.55 %
YÍ	0.54 %
WA	0.53 %
BÀ	0.53 %

Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)

In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Yoruba language. From the original text, 155,945 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only trigrams with a probability of at least 0.30 % are published. The first list is sorted by the syllables, the second list is ordered by the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the trigrams WỌN, ÀWỌ and FÚN are the most frequent in the Yoruba language.

Letter	Frequency
ARA	0.35 %
ÀTI	1.08 %
ÁTI	0.61 %
ÀWỌ	1.65 %
BOG	0.49 %
ẸLI	0.31 %
ÈMI	0.32 %
ÈNÌ	0.33 %
Ẹ̀LÚ	0.32 %
FÚN	1.19 %
GBÀ	0.79 %
GBO	1.02 %
GBỌ́	0.41 %
HUN	0.32 %
ÍGB	0.48 %
ILẸ̀	0.32 %
ÍNÚ	0.42 %
ÍTO	0.31 %
ÌWỌ	0.32 %
ÌYÀ	0.40 %
KAN	0.71 %
KÙN	0.36 %
LÁT	0.62 %
LÚW	0.60 %
NÁÀ	0.89 %
NÍG	0.44 %
NÍN	0.35 %
NÍT	0.33 %
NÌY	0.35 %
NRI	0.45 %
ỌBA	0.34 %
OGB	0.49 %
ỌLỌ́	0.31 %
OLÚ	0.64 %
ỌMỌ	0.68 %
ORÍ	0.57 %
PẸ̀L	0.32 %
RIN	0.59 %
RUN	0.39 %
TOR	0.33 %
ÚWA	0.60 %
WỌN	2.47 %
WỌ́N	0.85 %
YÀN	0.39 %
YÌÍ	0.34 %
YÍN	0.41 %
YÓÒ	0.64 %

Letter	Frequency
WỌN	2.47 %
ÀWỌ	1.65 %
FÚN	1.19 %
ÀTI	1.08 %
GBO	1.02 %
NÁÀ	0.89 %
WỌ́N	0.85 %
GBÀ	0.79 %
KAN	0.71 %
ỌMỌ	0.68 %
YÓÒ	0.64 %
OLÚ	0.64 %
LÁT	0.62 %
ÁTI	0.61 %
ÚWA	0.60 %
LÚW	0.60 %
RIN	0.59 %
ORÍ	0.57 %
BOG	0.49 %
OGB	0.49 %
ÍGB	0.48 %
NRI	0.45 %
NÍG	0.44 %
ÍNÚ	0.42 %
YÍN	0.41 %
GBỌ́	0.41 %
ÌYÀ	0.40 %
YÀN	0.39 %
RUN	0.39 %
KÙN	0.36 %
ARA	0.35 %
NÍN	0.35 %
NÌY	0.35 %
ỌBA	0.34 %
YÌÍ	0.34 %
NÍT	0.33 %
TOR	0.33 %
ÈNÌ	0.33 %
Ẹ̀LÚ	0.32 %
PẸ̀L	0.32 %
ÈMI	0.32 %
HUN	0.32 %
ILẸ̀	0.32 %
ÌWỌ	0.32 %
ỌLỌ́	0.31 %
ẸLI	0.31 %
ÍTO	0.31 %

A list of Yoruba letter frequencies can be found here.

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