Orìsìí ami ohun mélòó ni o wà nínú èdè Yorùbá?

Source: JAMB · 2024

Orìsìí ami ohun mélòó ni o wà nínú èdè Yorùbá?

  1. Òkan
  2. Meji
  3. Mẹ́ta ✓
  4. Mẹ́rin
Explanation

Yorùbá has three tone marks. The acute accent (´) marks the high tone, the grave accent (`) marks the low tone, and the mid tone is normally left unmarked.

Tone changes meaning. For example, igbá (calabash) and igba (two hundred) differ only in tone.

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