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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Yoruba language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This reflects Standard Yoruba, and dialects may have more or fewer phonemes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b bàtá bit
d dà din
d͡ʒ jà gin
f fèrèsé fat
ɡ gà gut
ɡ͡b gbà rugby but pronounced simultaneously
h ha ham
j yà yes
k kí cut
k͡p pọ̀ backpack but pronounced simultaneously
l lá left
m màmá map
n nà nose
ɾ rà atom (GA)
s sìsí sit
ʃ òkòtò ship
t tà tip
w wá we
Oral vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a à and
e ewé bay
ɛ ẹ̀ bet
i ì meat
o oko go (Indian English)
ɔ ọ̀bẹ law (RP)
u kú fool
Nasal vowels
ã ìtàn bran
ɛ̃ hẹ́n hen; French vin
ĩ rìn mean
ɔ̃ ìbọn pond; French bon
ũ ràkúnmi soon
Tone
IPA Examples Explanation
◌́ kọ́ [kɔ́] High tone
◌̄ k [kɔ̄] Mid tone
◌̀ kọ̀ [kɔ̀] Low tone

Bibliography

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  • Eme, Cecilia Amaoge; Uba, Ebele Deborah (2016). "A Contrastive Study of the Phonology of Igbo and Yoruba". UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities. 17 (1): 65–84. doi:10.4314/ujah.v17i1.4. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  • Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel & Wright, Richard. "Yoruba sound inventory (UPSID)". PHOIBLE Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 29 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Campbell, George L. (1995). Concise compendium of the world's languages. London; New York: Routledge. p. 588. ISBN 0-415-11392-X. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  • Olmsted, David L. (December 1951). "The Phonemes of Yoruba". WORD. 7 (3): 246. doi:10.1080/00437956.1951.11659409.
  • Akinlabi, Akinbiyi (January 1993). "Underspecification and the Phonology of Yoruba /r/". Linguistic Inquiry. 24 (1): 143. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

See also

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