Learn the Yorùbá Alphabet, Resources for learning the Yoruba language

The Yorùbá alphabet consists of 25 letters, as shown below:
Hear how they sound here.
 

Letter	Sounds Like (In English)
a	English word 'ark'
b	English word 'bee'
d	English word 'dee'
e	English letter 'eight'
	English sound of 'e' in 'egg'
f	English word 'feel'
g	English sound of 'g' in 'give'
gb	Hard sounding 'b'.
h	English sound of 'hill'
i	English sound of 'ill'
j	English lsound of 'jeep'
k	English sound of 'key'
l	English sound of 'leaf'
m	English word 'me'
n	English sound of 'nil'
o	English letter 'oh'
	English sound 'au' as in word 'taught'
p	English sound of 'pit'.
r	English sound of 'read'
s	English word 'sea'
	English sound of 'sheep'
t	English word 'tea'
u	English sound of 'u' in word 'you'
w	English sound of 'we'
y	English word 'ye'

Tonal Markings

Common Greetings

English		Yoruba
"Welcome"		Ekaabo!
"Hello!"		Ago o
"Hope you are fine"		Alafia
"I am fine, thank you"		Alafia ni
"How are you?"		Ba wo ni
"Fine, thank you"		Dadani esa
"Good afternoon" is		Ekasan
"Good evening" is		Eku Irole
(Late) "Good Evening" is		Ekaale o
"Good night" is		O daa ro
"Good morning" is		Ekaaro
"Good-bye" is		O da bo
Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Modern Practical Dictionary Kayode J. Fakinlede	1000+(African) Òrìsà Yorùbá Names by Chief/Ms FAMA	Yoruba (Language) Without Tears Olatunde Soroye

Adapted from Motherland Nigeria. com and Yorùbá without Tears

Online Resources
Yorùbá Online Dictionary
Yorùbá Names
Yorùbá School Online (Get online instruction, lessons and testing - children and adult levels)
YorubaLingo Alphabet Tutor (2.54Mb zip.exe) PC Platform only
Memorise Yoruba Alphabet in 60 seconds (2.54Mb zip.exe) PC platform only
YorubaLingo Alphabet Tutor (883kb zip.exe) PC & Mac platform
Yoruba World Discussion Group
Yoruba Online (history, language lessons, etiquette etc.)

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Multimedia Tools for Learning Yoruba
D-Net Communications Yoruba Training Kits for Adults and Students, See site for prices
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Yorùbá Audio Cassette Course. Foreign Service Institute
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