Language name: |
YORUBA |
UPSID number: |
4137 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Kwa |
This language has |
29 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.447664195 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
t
k
kp
b
d
g
gb
dZ
f
h
s
S
m
n
r[
l
j
w
i
e
E
a
O
o
u
i~
E~
O~
u~
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Comment: |
Yoruba has three level tones. A limited vowel harmony system operates, banning co-occurrence of higher-mid with lower-mid vowels. /n/ can be treated in most cases as the allophone of /l/ before a nasalized vowel. |
Source(s): |
Bamgbose, A. 1966. A grammar of Yoruba. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |