Yoruba alphabet

Yoruba
Time period
1965-present
LanguagesYoruba
Related scripts
Parent systems
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Latn (215), ​Latin
Unicode
Unicode alias
Latin
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Kola Tubosun teaching Yoruba at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The Yoruba alphabet (Yoruba: Álífábẹ́ẹ̀tì Yorùbá) is either of two Latin alphabets used to write the Yoruba language, one in Nigeria and one in neighboring Benin. The Nigerian Yoruba alphabet is made up of 25 letters, without C Q V X Z but with the additions of , , and Gb.[1][2] However, many of the excluded consonants are present in several dialectal forms of Yoruba, including V, Z, and other digraphs (like ch, gh, and gw). Central Yoruba dialects also have 2 extra vowels that are allophones of I and U. It is somewhat unusual in that the letter P usually transcribes [k͜p], being [p] only in restricted situations like onomatopoeia. The Beninese alphabet has the letters Ɛ and Ɔ, and previously had C.

  1. ^ Gaye, Jules A. De; Beecroft, W. S. (1923). Yoruba Grammar. K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited. pp. 4–5.
  2. ^ Wood, J. B. (1879). Notes on the Construction of the Yoruba Language. J. Townsend, printer. pp. 3–5.

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