TOPIC 3 THE YORUBA ALPHABET AND ITS MEANINGS

THE YORUBA LANGUAGE ALPHABET AND ITS MEANINGS

Today we are going to look at this very interesting topic about the Yoruba language alphabet and what they stand for.

the last topic focus on the explanation of the Yoruba alphabet and its tones, which I believe you all understand very well.

Lets start with some English alphabet

A for Apple

B for boy

Etc

Now in the Yoruba case, lets go from A to Y, as you know there is no Z in Yoruba language alphabet.

A----AJA

B----BATA

D----DOJE

E----EJO

E----EYE

F-----FILA

G-----GELE

GB---GBAGUDA

I----IGI

H----HAUSA

J----JAGUNJAGUN

K----KINIHUN

L----LABALABA

M----MAALU

N-----NANGUDU

O----OGONGO

O----OGEDE

P-----PEPEYE

S------SALUBATA

S-------SAGO

T------TAFATAFA

U-----UKU UKU

W----- WAHALA

Y-------YANMUYANMU

 In subsequent time, I will make the interpretations of what the above words in Yoruba means. But for the main time, make sure you read and recite them daily just the same way your learned the English alphabet and what it stands for.

This topic is going to help your intonation and pronunciation and don’t forget  to leave ypour questions and suggestions at the comment section.

The next topic if going to focus on Yoruba culture, watch out for the interesting Yoruba culture that is going to blow your mind like never before