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➙ Language:
Yoruba (yor)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Family/Group
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo
Area
Africa
General Data
spoken in Nigeria
Typological Information
3 tones (high ´, mid, low `)
SVO
Reduplication Form-Function
Cí-: word class derivation
VCV-: pluralization
full: intensification, word class derivation, diminution (with affixation)
Relationship Form-Function
various forms - various functions
Forms
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reduplicant with fixed segments
VCV
word
Functions
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diminution
intensification
pluralization
word class derivation
Patterns
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full
partial
full with affixation
Semantics
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diminuity
intensity
other
plurality
Word Classes
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adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb
noun — noun
other — noun
verb — adjective/adverb
verb — noun
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