A - [ah] like in the Spanish alphabet<br> E ? [a] like _ga_h in skate<br> ? - [eh] like the first _ge_h elephant<br> I ? [ee] like in sweet<br> O ? [o] like _go_h in sofa<br> ? - [or] like the first _go_h in octopus<br> U ? [u] like _gu_h in blue<br>
B ? [be] like in bed<br> D ? [de] like in<br> F - <br> G - geh<br> Gb ? [gbe] is a strong _eb_f like sound as in the name of the NFL star Gbaja-Biamila<br> H - <br> J - [ji] like "jee" in Jeep<br> K ? [ki] like in kilo<br> L ? [li] like in Lisa <br> M ? [mi] like in Miso soup<br> N ? [ni] like the word _eknee_f<br> P ? [kpee] a strong 'p' unlike any sound in English. <br> R ? [ri] like 'ree' in reef<br> S ? [si] like the word 'see'<br> ? - [shi] like the letter 's' in the name of the singer, Sade.<br> T - [ti] <br> U - ooh <br> W - wee <br> Y - yee <br>
'''?kan or ?ni or kan'''<br> (one)
'''eji or meji'''<br> (two)<br> '''m?ta'''<br> (three)<br> '''m?rin'''<br> (four)<br> '''marun'''<br> (five)<br> '''m?fa'''<br> (six)<br> '''meje'''<br> (seven)<br> '''m?j?'''<br> (eight)<br> '''m?san'''<br> (nine)<br> '''m?wa'''<br> (ten)<br> '''m?kanla'''<br> (eleven)<br> '''mejila'''<br> (twelve)<br> '''m?tala'''<br> (thirteen)<br> '''m?rinla'''<br> (fourteen)<br> '''m?dogun'''<br> (fifteen) note: fourteen is the last number in Yoruba, besides those in the tenth position)<br> '''m?rindilogun'''<br> (sixteen) note: to make sixteen Yoruba will subtract four (m?rin) from twenty (ogun)<br> '''m?tadilogun'''<br> (seventeen)<br> '''mejidilogun'''<br> (eighteen)<br> '''m?kandilogun'''<br> (nineteen) <br> '''ogun'''<br> (twenty) note: Yoruba numbers uses increments of ten, but not like in English. It is shifted upward 15-24, 25-34, etc.<br> '''m?kanlelogun'''<br> (twenty one) note: to make twenty one Yoruba will add one (?kan) to twenty (ogun)<br> '''mejilelogun'''<br> (twenty two)<br> '''m?talelogun'''<br> (twenty three)<br> '''m?rinlelogun'''<br> (twenty four)<br> '''m?d?gb?n'''<br> (twenty five)<br> '''?gb?n'''<br> (thirty)<br> '''m?kanlel?gb?n'''<br> (thirty one)<br> '''marundilogoji'''<br> (thirty five)<br> '''ogoji'''<br> (forty)<br> '''ad?ta'''<br> (fifty)<br> '''?g?ta'''<br> (sixty)<br> '''ad?rin'''<br> (seventy)<br> '''?g?rin'''<br> (eighty)<br> '''ad?run'''<br> (ninety)<br> '''?g?run'''<br> (one hundred)
'''?j? Aiku'''<br> (Sunday/_B_____{___u___u_~___u)<br> '''?j? Aje'''<br> (Monday/_P___~_u_t_u_|___~_y_{)<br> '''?j? Is?gun'''<br> (Tuesday/_B_______~_y_{)<br> '''?j? Riru'''<br> (Wednesday/_R___u_t_p)<br> '''?j? B?'''<br> (Thursday/_X_u___r_u___s)<br> '''?j? ?ti'''<br> (Friday/_P_____~_y___p)<br> '''?j? Abam?ta'''<br> (Saturday/_R___q_q_____p)<br>
'''King'''
Oba, Otunba