THE YORUBA ALPHABET

Below is the Yoruba Alphabet popularity known as : Ah.B.D Yoruba :

The upper case :

A B D E Ẹ F G GB H I J K L M N O Ọ P R S Ṣ T U W Y

The lower case :

a b d e ẹ f g gb h i j k l m n o ọ p r s ṣ t u w y

The upper case and the lower case :

Aa Bb Dd Ee Ẹẹ Ff Gg GBbg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Ọọ Pp Rr Ss Ṣṣ Tt Uu Ww Yy

Yoruba language is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 25 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. 

How To Pronounced The Letters

1. Letter A : should be  pronounced : 'ah' or "ha' as in : ahead, hard.

2. Letter B :  should be pronounced : 'b' : 'be' or 'bi:e' as in : big, bill, 'bee.

3. Letter D : should be pronounced : 'd' : 'de' or "dh' as in : deep, dig, digits.

4. Letter E : should be  pronounced : ''a' or "ei' as in : age, aliens, eight.

5. Dotted Letter Ẹ  : should be pronounced : "el' or "hel' as in : el shadai, elephant, help.

6. Letter F :  should be pronounced : "fi:e' or "v' as in : figure, finger, village.

7. Letter G  : should be pronounced : "gee' or "gie' as in : green, Greek, give.

8. Letter GB  : should be pronounced : "gbhe' as in : Agbo, Drogba, Igbo.

9. Letter H  : should be pronounced : "e' or "i:e' as in : he, heal, him, his.

10. Letter I  : should be pronounced : "ee' or "i:ee' as in : ignore, ignite.

11. Letter J : should be pronounced : "jee' or "ji:e' as in : jeep, jingle, jeans.

12. Letter K : should be pronounced : "kee' or "ki:e' as in : keep, king, kill.

13. Letter L : should be pronounced : "lee' or "li' as in : leaf, league, living.

14. Letter M : should be pronounced : "mee' or "mee' or "min'  as in : meet, mirror, mingle.

15. Letter N : should be pronounced : "nee' or "ni:e' as in : need, niddle.

16. Letter O : should be pronounced : "o' as in : Olivia, hope, over.

17. Dotted Letter Ọ : should be pronounced : "hor' as in : horrible, horror, horny.

18. Letter P : should be pronounced : "pee" or "pi' as in : peep, pills, pillow.

19. Letter R : should be pronounced : "re' or "ri:e' as in : review, refill, river.

20. Letter S : should be pronounced : "c' or "si' as in : cigarettes, sister.

21. Dotted Letter Ṣ : should be  pronounced "shee' or "shi:e' as in : sheep, shipping.

22. Letter T : should be pronounced : "t' : "tee' or "ti:e' as in : teenagers, tingle.

23. Letter U : should be pronounced : "hoo' or "hu' as in : hook, Hood, human.

24. Letter W :  should be pronounced : "wee' or "wi:e' as in : weekend, willing, William

25. Letter Y : should be pronounced : "yee' or "yi' as in : yep, yield.

How To Read The Alphabet :

A ..... ah

B ..... bee

D ..... dee

E ..... a

Ẹ ..... hel

F ..... fee

G ..... gie

GB ... bhee

H ..... e

I ....... ee

J ...... jee

K ...... kee

L ...... lee

M ..... mee

N ...... nee

O ...... o

Ọ ...... hor

P ...... pee

R ...... ree

S ...... c

Ṣ ...... shee

T .....  t

U ..... hoo

W .... wee

Y ..... yee

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