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What contribution did Bishop Samuel Crowther make to written Yoruba?

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Bishop Samuel Crowther made a foundational contribution to the Yoruba language by translating the Bible into the language in 1884. This translation was instrumental in the development of a standard written form of Yoruba, which has since been widely adopted across various Yoruba dialects.1