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Hear the melody in every Yoruba word.
In Yoruba, pitch changes meaning. Look words up, learn to say them, and understand the proverbs and names that carry the culture — free, with teachers when you want them.
Try water, oko, good morning — you don't need to type tone marks.
Same letters, three words
ọkọ̀
vehicle — tones: mid · low
Pitch alone changes the word. Every word on this site shows its tone line, so you can see the melody before you say it.
oúnjẹ
foodOúnjẹ ti dé. — The food has arrived.Proverb of the day · ÒweAwaiting linguist reviewỌmọ tí a kò kọ́ ni yóò gbé ilé tí a kọ́ tà.“The child we fail to train is the one who will sell the house we built.”Neglecting a child's upbringing destroys what the family has built.Level 1 · Foundations
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