Yoruba (Yorùbá)
Yoruba (yo, yor) is a world language. Wikidata records about 37.8M speakers. It is written in Yoruba alphabet.
In the United States, 689,265 people aged 5+ speak Yoruba at home (Census ACS), and 141,070 of them (20%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Yoruba translators and interpreters.
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Rates for Yoruba translation
Yoruba falls in our african languages band: roughly $0.08–$0.20 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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