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Àwọn Ẹranko Li Èdè Yorùbá Pẹ̀lú Àwòrán / Ònkà - The ABC Of Yorùbá Numerals / The Accent Marks In The Yorùbá Language. (2) (3) (4)
Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 6:50pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
Hello! I just wanted to express my thoughts on how people write Yorùbá words, and why they never use the correct accent marks or special characters when doing so. Although I'm not a native of Nigeria, nor am I a Yorùbá speaker, I do adore language and, when learning a new one, I always make sure that I'm writing and reading it correctly. Unfortunately, when trying to learn and read Yorùbá, it becomes increasingly difficult to do so since, at least online, the language is not written properly at all by most people, without any accent marks to deduce tones, or any special characters, such as the ẹ, or "eh", the ọ, or "aw", or the Ṣ, or "shi". Without these characters or accent marks to identify tones of words and how they should be correctly pronounced, Yorùbá is impossible to read or comprehend! What do you all think of this? Do you agree? 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by thunder74(m): 7:03pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
Where can we get Yoruba keyboard? 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by Thewesterner(m): 7:08pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
I agree 100% |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 7:16pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
thunder74:I've been asking that same question myself. Lets' hope Microsoft or Apple will come out with one someday... or let's start a change.org petition...... anything is possible! 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 7:17pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
Thewesterner:Thanks, glad you agree! |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by Bamz(m): 7:50pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
Somehow native speakers can read without the accent marks. No doubt that it can become confusing sometimes. |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 8:17pm On Mar 06, 2018 |
Bamz:Hmmm, I've heard that. I wonder why? Perhaps because they are just that, fluent speakers? I'm not sure.... |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by thunder74(m): 5:44am On Mar 07, 2018 |
FeelDeMusic:I got one on play store. There are many Yorùbá keyboard there. 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 2:14pm On Mar 07, 2018 |
thunder74:Oh, cool! Well I've got an iPhone, so I'll look on the App Store for one. |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by aremuforlife(m): 11:12am On Mar 10, 2018 |
The Yoruba calendar (Kojoda) Yoruba also measure time in 7days a week & 4weeks a month. The traditional Yoruba week has 4days, the 4days calendar was dedicated to the Orisas and the 7day calendar is for doing business. It go as follow: Day 1 is dedicated to Obatala (Sopanna, Iyaami, and the Egungun) Day 2 is dedicated to Orunmila (Esu and Osun) * Day 3 is dedicated to Ogun (Osoosi) Day 4 is dedicated to Sango (Oya) The seven days are: Ojo-Aiku (Sunday), Oko-Aje (Monday), Ojo-Ishegun (Tuesday), Ojo-Riru (Wednesday), Ojo-Bo/Alamisi (Thursday), Ojo-Eti (Friday) and Ojo-Abameta (Saturday). Time is measured in isheju (minutes), wakati (hours), ojo (days), ose (weeks), oshu (months) and odun (years). There are 60 (ogota) isheju in 1 (okan) wakati; 24 (merinlelogun) wakati in 1 ojo; 7 (meje) ojo in 1 ose; 4 (merin) ose in 1 oshu and 52 (ejileladota)ose in 1 (okan) odun. There are 12 (mejila) oshu in 1 (okan) odun. #YorubaChannel 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by FeelDeMusic: 8:54pm On Mar 10, 2018 |
aremuforlife:Wow, this is awesome, thanks for sharing! Though I don't want to derail the thread, I actually came up with my own Yoruba writing system yesterday along with a friend of mine! I'll explain more later as I don't want this post to be too long..... |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by SoldierBoy1(m): 9:40am On Mar 13, 2018 |
thunder74:Download SwiftKey keyboard on playstore, then download Yorùbá Keyboard...... If you activate both Yorùbá and English, the keyboard would help you put intonations when u type Yorùbá Though sometimes it does not get the intonation for some Words, but the thing try..... 1 Like |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by SoldierBoy1(m): 9:42am On Mar 13, 2018 |
Where can we get Yoruba keyboard? [/quote]Download SwiftKey keyboard on playstore, then download Yorùbá Keyboard...... If you activate both Yorùbá and English, the keyboard would help you put intonations when u type Yorùbá Though sometimes it does not get the intonation for some Words, but the thing try..... |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by Omartins365(m): 10:09am On Jun 08, 2020 |
Are you a copywriter, proofreader, interpreter, teacher, student or just someone who works in Yorùbá Language? Translate those figures and numbers to words in standard Yoruba Language at YorubaNumeral.com at no cost. It also aids learning the yoruba numbering system by providing detailed explanation for each number translated up to 25 billion. You all should check this site out YorubaNumeral.com Just input your desired number and get the translation immediately. Saves you a lot effort especially if you need to do this frequently |
Re: Writing Yorùbá by Fvcknames: 10:03pm On Aug 07, 2022 |
FeelDeMusic:They get it from context. 1 Like |
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