Sound System
Yoruba · 50 practice questions
Production of sounds (consonants and vowels); tones and tone change; syllable structure; sound processes - co-vowel occurrence, elision and deletion.
- Identify organs of speech, speech sounds and parameters for describing each speech sound.
- Determine their correct usages.
- Detect linguistic errors (pronunciation and wrong usages).
- Determine the syllable components of words.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles underlying the relationship between sounds.
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- Practice question 1
Àwọn kọ́ńsónáǹtì wo ni a ń pè ní àbùjá fáwẹ̀lì (semi-vowels)?
- A.b àti d
- B.k àti g
- C.w àti y
- D.s àti ṣ
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C. w àti y
w and y are semi-vowels.
- Practice question 2
Nínú "ẹ̀gbọ́n", àwọn fáwẹ̀lì tí ó wà ni
- A.a àti i
- B.ẹ àti ọ
- C.u àti e
- D.o àti u
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B. ẹ àti ọ
The vowels are ẹ and ọ.
- Practice question 3
Fáwẹ̀lì gíga iwájú (high front) ni
- A.u
- B.a
- C.o
- D.i
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D. i
/i/ is a high front vowel.
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