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Yorùbá alphabet sounds

 

Aa /a/ (as in apple)   Aa 
Bb /bi:/ (as in big)  Bb 
Dd /di:/ (as in dig)  Dd 
Ee /e/ (as in eight)  Ee 
Ẹẹ /ɛ/ (as in enter)  Ẹẹ 
Ff /fɪ/ (as in figure)  Ff 
Gg /ɡɪ/ (as in gig)   Gg 
GBgb /ɡ͡b/ (as in gbogbo)  To learn how to say the Yorùbá letter ‘gb’, try to say English letter ‘g’ while you close your lips the way you would for English letter ‘b’. Then release your lips to say the English letter ‘g’.  GBgb 
Hh /hɪ/ (as in hill) Hh /hɪ/ (as in hill)   Hh 
Ii /iː/ (as in eel)   Ii 
Jj /d͡ʒ/ (as in jug)    Jj 
Kk /kiː/ (as in keep)   Kk 
Ll /liː/ (as in lee)   Ll 
Mm /miː/ (as in meat)   Mm 
Nn /ni:, ŋ̍/ (as in nip   Nn 
Oo /əʊ/ (as in oat)   Oo 
Ọọ /ɔ:/ (as in or)   Ọọ 
Pp /k͜p/ (as in ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀)  To learn how to say the Yorùbá letter ‘P’, try to say English letter ‘K’ while you close your lips the way you would for English letter ‘P’. Then release your lips to say the English letter ‘K  Pp 
Rr /ri:/ (as in rip)   Rr 
Ss /si:/ (as in sit)   Ss 
Ṣṣ /ʃiː/ (as in sheep)   Ṣṣ 
Tt /ti:/ (as in teem)   Tt 
Uu /uː/ (as in uber)   Uu 
Ww /wi:/ (as in weep)   Ww 
Yy /j:/ (as in yield)   Yy 
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