Search: Start Page ➙ 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  Select Valuereduplicant with fixed segments VCV word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial full with affixation Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun other — noun verb — adjective/adverb verb — noun   All Examples  ⊟ References Akinlabi, Akinbiyi 2001. "Yoruba". In: Garry, Jane; Rubino, Carl, eds., Facts about the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages: Past and Present, New York: H.W. Wilson     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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