Yoruba Alphabets & Tone Mark Master Course
This course will teach you everything you need to know and understand about the Yorùbá alphabets and tone marks. It will improve your confidence to pronounce Yorùbá words with ease.
Table of Contents
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About the course
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Module 1 - Yoruba Alphabets
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Module 2 - Tone Marks
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Module 3 - Function & Usage
Learning a language is like going on a journey, every journey has different stages, the beginning, the in between and the destination. If the beginning of a journey is rightly planned, the in between will be easier, when the destination is of utmost importance, we will find the best way to endure obstacles.
A rightly planned Yorùbá language learning journey MUST include the knowledge of the pillar of strength that holds the Yorùbá language, the Yorùbá alphabets and the Tone marks.
This is absolutely ESSENTIAL because Yorùbá is a tonal language, the meaning of a word is determined by how it's pronounced. One word with the same alphabetical letters may have different meanings depending on its tone marks placement.
Example - Ọkọ Ọkọ́ Ọkọ̀ Ọ̀kọ̀
The above words are written with exactly the same Yorùbá alphabet letters, but they are pronounced differently and have different meanings because of the different tone mark placements.
Ọkọ - Husband
Ọkọ́ - Hoe (a farming tool)
Ọkọ̀ - Vehicle
Ọ̀kọ̀ - Spear
This is why it's CRUCIAL to understand the Yorùbá language foundation.
Yoruba Alphabets and Tone marks Master Course will help you achieve three important things.
Firstly - It will help understand everything about the Yorùbá alphabets. You will know the rules that guide the usage of the Yorùbá alphabets.
Secondly - It will help you understand everything about the Tone marks. Tone marks known as àmì ohùn in Yorùbá is usually the most difficult part of learning the Yorùbá language for many learners, even native speakers struggle with tone marks, so don't be too hard on yourself. This course is designed to help you get through that hurdle.
Finally - You will be able to pronounce and read Yorùbá words correctly. It will help you understand the relationship between the alphabets and tone marks, how these two parts marry perfectly together to produce our beautiful Yorùbá language. This will boost your confidence to speak Yorùbá language with ease.