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	FONÓLÖJÌ YORÙBÁ PHONOLOGY

Welcome		YORÙBÁ INTONATION (ACCENT) MARKS	ÀWÔN ÀMÌ OHÙN ÕRÕ YORÙBÁ
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Learn Yoruba		(The tone is the pillar of the	Ó ÿe pàtàkì púpõ láti máa fi àmì
Alphabet		Yoruba language).It is very	sí orí àwôn fáwëêlì õrõ tí a bá kô ní èdèe
Phonology		important to insert accent marks	Yorùbá, kí a sì tún yán àwôn tí ó bá yç
Morphology		on words written in the Yoruba	ní ìdí. Bí a kò bá ÿe bëê, yóò ÿòro láti
Orthography		language, and to place a dot	kà àti láti mô ìtúmõ-ôn wôn. Àmì ohùn ni
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	Three intonation marks are commonly used in Yoruba. They are:		Àmì mëta ni a þ sábàá lò ní èdèe Yorùbá. Àwôn ni

	1. The acute accent mark ( )		1. Àmì ohùn òkè ( )
	2. The grave accent mark ( )		2. Àmì ohùn ìsàlê ( ) àti
	3. The middle tone accent mark ( )		3. Àmì ohùn àárín ( ).

	The easy way to learn how to pronounce words with these accent marks is to compare them with three of the tones played on the Organ or Piano. These are:		Õnà tí ó rôrùn láti fi kö pípe õrõ pêlú àwôn àmì yìí ni tí a bá fi wé dídún-un mëta nínú àwôn ohùn tí a þ fi dùrù tàbí pianó tê. Àwôn ohùn náà ni

	do re mi		dò re mí

	The middle tone mark is rarely placed on letters of the alphabet except ocassionally on n and m .		A kì í sábà fi àmì ohùn àárín ( x ) sórí õrõ àfi lëêkõõkan lórí i ñ tàbí ð nígbàtí wön bá fara jô fáwëêlì.

	The combination of the "do-re-mi" concept and color-coding will facilitate learning for beginner and expert alike.
			(dò) ni ohùn ìsàlê, ( re) ni ohùn àárín ( mí ) ni ohùn òkè