Matimatiki - Towards Mathematical pedagogy in Yoruba

Prior to the time of Sir Isaac Newton, mathematics and science had little influence on ordinary people's lives. From then on, mathematics and technology have changed our lives by bringing great transformations and innovations.

Virtually every modern equipment - phones, cameras, computers, satellite navigation systems, televisions, aircrafts, missiles etc owe their existence to higher mathematics and sciences. In developed countries, algorithmic/computerised trading is the order of the day in Stock exchanges, Capital, Futures and Forex markets

It is practically impossible for any nation to make serious headway commercially and technologically without mathematics and sciences.
Nations that refuse to innovate will become extinct while others will move forward. Natural selection is real. You either evolve or perish!

As usual, Ifa knows about mathematics and has something to say about matrix....
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions, arranged in rows and columns.
For example, the dimensions of the matrix below are 2 × 3 (read "two by three"), because there are two rows and three columns.
[2 7 -9]
[3 2 -1]

Èjì-Ogbè says...
Ọ̀rúnmìlà ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
Mo ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
O ni ogún owó mu ẹsẹ̀ tirẹ̀ ko bá já.
Ọ̀rúnmìlà ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
Mo ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
O ni ọgbọ̀n owó mu ẹsẹ̀ tirẹ̀ ko bá já.
Ọ̀rúnmìlà ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
Mo ni o di ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ mu ẹsẹ̀;
Mo ni ogójì owó mu ẹsẹ̀ tirẹ̀ ko bá já.
Mo ni njẹ baba mi Àgbọ̀nníregùn ta ni i ba ti rẹ já?
O ni ẹẹwadọta ni kan ni o bá ẹsẹ̀ ti rẹ já.
Nitori ti a ki ka owó ka owó ki a gbàgbé ẹẹwadọta.
Ifá ni òun ko ni jẹ́ ki a gbàgbé ẹni ti o ba da Ifa yi.
Oluwarẹ si nfẹ ṣe ohun kan yio ba ẹsẹ̀ já ni ohun ti o nfẹ ṣe na yi.

Translation...
Orunmila says each should take his own row;
I say each should take his own row;
He says that Twenty Cowries takes his own row but cannot finish it.
Orunmila says each should take his own row;
I say each should take his own row;
He says that Thirty Cowries takes his own row but cannot finish it.
Orunmila says each should take his own row;
I say each should take his own row;
He says that Forty Cowries takes his own row but cannot finish it.
I say, "Well then, my father Agbonniregun, who can complete his row?"
He says Fifty Cowries alone can complete his row,
Because we cannot count money and forget Fifty Cowries.
Ifa says he will not allow the person for whom this figure was cast to be forgotten.
This person wants to do something; he will "complete his row" in the thing he wants to do.

For "Matimatiki" to take hold in Yoruba land we need Yoruba terms for all mathematical concepts.
When there is no equivalent Yoruba terminology, new words can be coined or borrowed from English.
Below are some English/Yoruba Mathematical terms:

Addition === Ìròpọ̀
Subtraction === Ìyọkúrò
Multiplication === Ìsọdípúpọ̀
Division === Pínpín
Length === Òró
Breadth === Ibú
Equality === Ìdọ́gba
Inequality === Aìdọ́gba
Set === Àkójọpọ̀
Sub-set === Àkójọpọ̀ kékeré
Number === Nọ́mbà
Digit === Ẹyọ-ẹyọ
Decimal place === Idi
Member of a Set === Ọmọ-ẹgbẹ
Empty Set === Àkójọpọ̀-ofifo
Line === Ìlà
Geometry === Jiomẹtiri
Row === Ẹsẹ̀
Rectangle === Rẹkitangulu
Square === Sukua
Angle === Angu
Area === Eeria
Arrow === Ọfa
Centre === Aarin gbungbun
Circle === Obirikiti
Congruent === Dọgba rẹgirẹgi
Cone === Koonu
Cube === Kiubu
Cylinder === Silinda
Edge === Eteeti
East === Ila-oorun
Equilateral Triangle === Tiraangu elegbe didogba
End-point === Pointi ipekun
Formula === Fọmula
Intersect === Pade
Intersection === Ikọra
Movement === Sisun
North === Àríwá
Oval === Ofali
Point === Pointi
Plane === Operese
Perimeter === Iwon ayika
Prism === Pirisimu
Polygon === Figo ẹlẹgbẹ púpọ̀
Ray === Itansan
Region === Inu operese
Radius === Radiosi
Relation === Ibatan
Vertex === Ṣonṣo Igun
Volume === Fọlumu