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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Yoruba
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Yoruba language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This reflects Standard Yoruba, and dialects may have more or fewer phonemes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants
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| IPA
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Examples
|
English approximation
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| b
|
bàtá
|
bit
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| d
|
dà
|
din
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| d͡ʒ
|
jà
|
gin
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| f
|
fèrèsé
|
fat
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| ɡ
|
gà
|
gut
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| ɡ͡b
|
gbà
|
rugby but pronounced simultaneously
|
| h
|
ha
|
ham
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| j
|
yà
|
yes
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| k
|
kí
|
cut
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| k͡p
|
pọ̀
|
backpack but pronounced simultaneously
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| l
|
lá
|
left
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| m
|
màmá
|
map
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| n
|
nà
|
nose
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| ɾ
|
rà
|
atom (GA)
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| s
|
sìsí
|
sit
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| ʃ
|
ṣòkòtò
|
ship
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| t
|
tà
|
tip
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| w
|
wá
|
we
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| Oral vowels
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| IPA
|
Examples
|
English approximation
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| a
|
àgè
|
and
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| e
|
ewé
|
bay
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| ɛ
|
ẹ̀pà
|
bet
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| i
|
ìyá
|
meat
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| o
|
oko
|
story
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| ɔ
|
ọ̀bẹ
|
off
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| u
|
kúrò
|
fool
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| Nasal vowels
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| ã
|
ìtàn
|
bran
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| ɛ̃
|
hẹ́n
|
hen; French vin
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| ĩ
|
rìn
|
mean
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| ɔ̃
|
ìbọn
|
pond; French bon
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| ũ
|
ràkúnmi
|
soon
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| Tone
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| IPA
|
Examples
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Explanation
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| ◌́
|
kọ́ [kɔ́]
|
High tone
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| ◌̄
|
kọ [kɔ̄]
|
Mid tone
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| ◌̀
|
kọ̀ [kɔ̀]
|
Low tone
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