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Yoruba Foundations — Sounds, Alphabet & Tone System
Yoruba Foundations — Sounds, Alphabet & Tone System is a course in Yoruba for Beginners. 10 lessons covering Welcome to Yoruba — The Language, Its Speakers, and Your Roadmap; The Yoruba Alphabet — 25 Letters and Three New Sounds; Yoruba Vowels — Seven Oral Vowels and the Ẹ/E, Ọ/O Distinction.
10 published lessons · Online learning · Part of Learn & Grow
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What this course covers
- Welcome to Yoruba — The Language, Its Speakers, and Your Roadmap · 18 min
- The Yoruba Alphabet — 25 Letters and Three New Sounds · 20 min
- Yoruba Vowels — Seven Oral Vowels and the Ẹ/E, Ọ/O Distinction · 20 min
- Yoruba Consonants — Including GB and Ṣ · 20 min
- Nasal Vowels and Long Vowels — Reading What You See · 18 min
- Understanding Tone — Why Yoruba Is a Tonal Language · 22 min
- Hearing and Producing the Three Tones · 22 min
- Reading Yoruba Text Aloud — Syllables and Tone Marks Together · 20 min
- Your First Yoruba Words and Survival Phrases · 18 min
- Module 1 Review — Building Your Foundation · 20 min
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