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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Yoruba language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This reflects Standard Yoruba, and dialects may have more or fewer phonemes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| b | bàtá [bàtá] 'shoes' | bit |
| d | dà [dà] 'pour' | din |
| d͡ʒ | jà [d͡ʒà] 'fight' | gin |
| f | fèrèsé [fèrèsé] 'window' | fat |
| ɡ | gà [ɡà] 'spread' | gut |
| ɡ͡b | gbà [ɡ͡bà] 'take' | rugby but pronounced simultaneously |
| h | ha [hā] 'scratch' | ham |
| j | yà [jà] 'draw' | yes |
| k | kí [kí] 'what' | cut |
| k͡p | pọ̀ [k͡pɔ̀] 'be many' | backpack but pronounced simultaneously |
| l | lá [lá] 'leak' | left |
| m | màmá [màmá] 'mother' | map |
| n | nà [nã̀] 'beat' | nose |
| r | rà [rà] 'buy' | Spanish perro |
| s | sìsí [sìsí] 'young lady' | sit |
| ʃ | ṣòkòtò [ʃòkòtò] 'trouser' | ship |
| t | tà [tà] 'sell' | tip |
| w | wá [wá] 'search' | we |
| Oral Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| a | àgè [àɡè] 'kettle' | and |
| e | ewé [ēwé] 'leaf' | bay |
| ɛ | ẹ̀pà [ɛ̀pà] 'groundnut' | bet |
| i | ìyá [ìjá] 'mother' | meat |
| o | oko [ōkō] 'farm' | Indian English go |
| ɔ | ọ̀bẹ [ɔ̀bɛ̄] 'knife' | RP law |
| u | kúrò [kúrò] 'leave' | fool |
| Nasal Vowels | ||
| ã | ìtàn [ìtã̀] 'history' | bran |
| ɛ̃ | hẹ́n [hɛ̃́] 'yes' | hen; French vin |
| ĩ | rìn [rĩ̀] 'to walk' | mean |
| ɔ̃ | ìbọn [ìbɔ̃̄] 'gun' | pond; French bon |
| ũ | ràkúnmi [ràkṹmī] 'camel' | soon |
| Tone | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Explanation |
| ◌́ | kọ́ [kɔ́] 'build' | High tone |
| ◌̄ | kọ [kɔ̄] 'sing' | Mid tone |
| ◌̀ | kọ̀ [kɔ̀] 'reject' | Low tone |
- Eme, Cecilia Amaoge; Uba, Ebele Deborah (2016). "A Contrastive Study of the Phonology of Igbo and Yoruba". UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities. 17 (1): 65–84. doi: 10.4314/ujah.v17i1.4. Retrieved 2021-12-13.