Lucumí language
Appearance
Lucumí | |
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Native to | Cuba |
Native speakers | None[1] (liturgical language) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | luq |
Glottolog | lucu1238 |
Lucumí is a Yoruba dialect and the liturgical language of Santería in Cuba.[2][3] It is sometimes known as Yorùbá.[4]
See also
- Diaspora language
- Lucumí people
- Santería
- Habla Congo, a similar liturgical language based on Kongo
- Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
References
- ^ Lucumí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ George Brandon. Santeria from Africa to the New World. Indiana University Press. p. 56.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Lucumi: A Language of Cuba (Ethnologue)". Retrieved 10 March 2010.