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There are twenty five (25) alphabets in Yoruba language. They are: B D W Y. NOTE k : F G GB H I J K L M N O P S U
A B D E F G GB H I
ah bee dee hay air fee gee (as in go) (has no English similarity) hee ee
J K L M N O P R S T U W Y
jee key lee mee nee oh or pee ree see she tea ooh wee yee
Yoruba Vowels - wn awli oruba Yoruba alphabets contains only seven (7) vowels, namely:
a a (ah) e (hay)
(air)
In the same vein there are eighteen (18) consonants: Yoruba Consonants - wn n n n oruba
b d f g gb h j k l m n p r s t w y Lets make some two letter words, using consonant + vowel. orming wo- e er ord k wn r n- j
b = ba (bah) be(bay) b (bair) bi (bee) bo (boh) b(bor) bu(boo) d = da (dah) de(day) d (dair) di (dee) do (doh) d(dor) du(boo) f = fa (fah) fe(fay) f (fair) fi (fee) fo (foh) f(for) fu(foo)
g = ga (gah) ge(gay) g (gair) gi (gee) go (go) g(gor) gu(goo) h = ha (hah) he(hay) h (hair) hi (hee) ho (hoh) h(hor) hu(hoo) wa (wah) we(way) w (wair) wi (wee) wo (woh) w(wor) wu(woo) ETC
By yourself, form more of these two-letter words with the remaining consonants; gb, j, k, l, m, etc
TONAL MARKS: The tone marks adopted to help in pronouncing Yoruba words are the first three musical notes; do re mi do is the low tone. he sign representing this is re is the medium tone. It has no sign representation
mi is the high tone. he sign representing this is *These tone marks are strictly placed on Yoruba vowels, except in few in ance he are u ed on le er n For instance, try to call these common words below. Let the tones in the brackets above guide you. Pronounce the corresponding tone mark before pronouncing the word.
BRAINWORK
WORD (i). Come w (ii). Child m (iii). A name Ad iv . ooked garri b TONE mi re re re mi do do w m Ad b
The Nasals
How to Pronounce
i. ii. iii.
-an -n -in
iv.
-n
e.g. pn to be ripe is pronounced the same as an in (i) above. e.g. fn to give as fun is pronounced as foon and not
v.
-un
rn to sew; s n orange yn that pn to divide; sn to sneeze fn to blow [a trumpet] fn mosquito sn to sleep; sn to shift; s n yn - That orange.
2. 3. 4.
5. 6.
The article wn is used to express plurality of Yoruba nouns. For instance: s n orange fn mosquito m - child p wn s n - oranges wn fn - mosquitoes wn m - children
wn il - houses wn ny n persons/people