Alphabet of the latin scripts used to write the Yorùbá language
Yoruba
Time period
1965-present
Languages
Yoruba
Related scripts
Parent systems
Latin alphabet
Yoruba
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Latn(215), Latin
Unicode
Unicode alias
Latin
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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 Ẹ, Ọ, Ṣ 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.
^Gaye, Jules A. De; Beecroft, W. S. (1923). Yoruba Grammar. K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited. pp. 4–5.
^Wood, J. B. (1879). Notes on the Construction of the Yoruba Language. J. Townsend, printer. pp. 3–5.
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