Yorùbá is not just
a language. It is
memory.
We are building the first living archive that respects tonal accuracy, dialectal difference, and the people who speak it. From Ẹ̀gbá to Ìjẹ̀bú to Standard Yorùbá — preserved as it is lived.
Most archives treat Yorùbá as if it were English with different words. It is not. Without tone marks, omi can be water, or it can be nothing.
Yorùbá is a tonal language where pitch carries meaning. omí with a high tone, ọmọ with mid tone — drop the mark and you lose the thought.
The loss is not theoretical. When children cannot hear their grandparents' dialect — Ẹ̀gbá's clipped cadence, Ìjẹ̀bú's musicality — they lose proverbs, jokes, prayers. Oro Lexicon exists to archive memory.
What we preserve
[02] — FOUR PILLARSTonal Accuracy
Every entry carries proper tone marks — dótì, àmì. We don't ship plain ASCII Yorùbá.
Dialect Respect
Ẹ̀gbá, Ìjẹ̀bú, Standard. Not footnotes — first-class citizens.
Native Audio
44.1kHz recordings from native speakers. Not synthetic.
Community Verified
No single authority. Elders, linguists, and young speakers review each entry.
Help us preserve
what remembers us.
Whether you speak Yorùbá daily or are learning your first phrase, your knowledge matters.