A Few More Heteronyms/Heterophones to Buttress the Argument that Yoruba is a Language Isolate

Seun Ayoade
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Seun Ayoade: Department of Physiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies, 2019, vol. 3, issue 3, 76-80

Abstract: “The Yoruba language is very musical….to distinguish the tones thus becomes very indispensable†[1]. “In Yoruba, vowels are of greater importance than consonants, and tones than vowels; hence the peculiarity of this language, that musical sounds can be employed to convey a correct idea of words in speech†[2]. “The language however abounds in contractions and elisions; a whole syllable may be dropped but the tone remaining.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2019.03.555614

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