Vowels: Oral
Hear
all the oral vowels
a e c i o v u
a as in: ajá ‘dog’ àxà ‘culture’ ará ‘relative’
e as in: èdè ‘language’ ewé ‘leaf’ eré ‘play’
c as in: cyc ‘bird’ |j| ‘blood’ }g| ‘cassava’
i as in: igi ‘tree’ ìjì ‘strong wind’ ìdí ‘buttocks’
o as in: owó ‘money’ òjò ‘rain’ òpó ‘pole/pillar’
v as in: vkz ‘vehicle’ vj< ‘day’ zwz ‘respect’
u as in: dùrù ‘piano’ ìlú ‘town/city’ sùúrù ‘patience’
Vowels: Nasalized
Hear
all the nasalized vowels
an cn in vn un
an as in: cran ‘meat’ ìtàn ‘story’ àdán ‘bat’
cn as in: ycn ‘that’ ìycn ‘that one’ wznycn ‘those
ones’
in as in: ìrìn ‘walk’ cyin ‘egg’ ìgbín ‘snail’
vn as in: vgb<n ‘wisdom’ ìbvn ‘gun’ agbzn ‘basket’
un as in: irun ‘hair’ okùn ‘rope’ oyún ‘pregnancy’
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