This paper examines the articulation of harmonically distinct classes of vowels in Standard Yoruba. There has been considerable disagreement as to whether the ...

In this paper, we examine vowel elision in Yoruba and show, based on data not previously discussed in the literature, that elision is driven by prosodic requirements. In particular, we propose that ...

United Kingdom-based Nigerian songwriter, poet, and singer, Adeyinka Akinwande, has a unique style. He employs his local dialect; Yoruba, to deliver his lines for his mixed audience of Africans, ...