SaffronSpice:

I will.

Aare2050:
Thanks sir.
I've been offline for a while, been busy with offline client.
I will upload this thread before the end of the weekend

SaffronSpice:

No problem,bro.
Does your blog have an FB page or Twitter handle.

Aare2050:
Oh, I really had it in mind, but I don't have it.
Will do that today

Aare2050:

Oh, I really had it in mind, but I don't have it.

Will do that today

You kept me waiting for too long

charijee:
You kept me waiting for too long

Aare2050:
I welcome you to my blog.

My name is Akanle Bamishile j.

A graduate of Adeyemi College of Education. Ondo state, affiliated to Obafemi awolowo University. Ile-ife.

I have the following Qualification
Bachelor of art in Education Yoruba Language. With a second class upper division.

I created this blog to showcase the beauty and rich language of the Yoruba people of Nigeria West Africa.

I will be teaching my audience the following:

1. The Yoruba Language
2. The Yoruba culture
3. The similarities and differences between Yoruba and other cultures and ethnic in Nigeria.

You are welcome here as we shall kick start our learning today.

For questions and enquiries
Message me on harkanley@gmail.com
Or WhatsApp me in +2347033401755.

Welcome ones again

Source: http://yorubalanguageschool..com.ng/?m=1

walexsho:
Yoruba Tones
Note: This is where beginners miss it, getting fed up and frustrated thinking there is need to master all tones, thereby give up learning. Instead of stressing over mastering the tones, skip over this topic as a beginner and simply listen to word as you hear them from people or the media then try your best by repeating them melodically. This is how most languages are being learnt. Babies don’t learn English language accent by mastering a book but become familiar with the accent as they hear them, Children in Yorubaland also do not start speaking by learning the tones; they perfect the tonal aspect as they grow in speaking the language. Do not get bothered about the tones and just move with the flow.
Tonal signs are important in Yoruba language as it makes it easy to read Yoruba because a word may have numerous meanings according to the way it sounds which are distinguished by sounds sign.
The tonal language has three tones: L(ow) known as Dò, M(id) known as Re and H(igh) known as Mí which are generally marked on vowels and so rarely on nasal consonants.
· For a Low tone, vowels are marked a backslash
[à è ẹ̀ ì ò ọ̀ ù]
· For a Mid tone, vowels are not marked
[a e ẹ i o ọ u]
· For a High tone, vowels are marked forward slash
[á é ẹ́ í ó ọ́ ú]

The following illustrate the distribution of tones in words of one syllable with same vowel and consonants; the only difference is that they are of different read more