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Lucumí language

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Lucumí
Native toCuba
Native speakers
None[1]
(liturgical language)
Language codes
ISO 639-3luq
Glottologlucu1238

Lucumí is a Yoruba dialect and the liturgical language of Santería in Cuba.[2][3] It is sometimes known as Yorùbá.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lucumí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ George Brandon. Santeria from Africa to the New World. Indiana University Press. p. 56.
  3. ^ Wirtz, Kristina. 2014. Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-11905-2
  4. ^ "Lucumi: A Language of Cuba (Ethnologue)". Retrieved 10 March 2010.