Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 202 — Phonology of Yorùbá Language I

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe the production of sounds in the Yorùbá language
• identify the phonological processes of the language
• identify kinds and characteristics of phonemes in the language
• categorise the phonemes
• distinguish between allophones and phonemes, and
• describe assimilation, deletion and contraction. Arts 652 New

Course contents

Elementary phonetic description of sounds. Phonetic classification of the sounds of the Yorùbá language. Phonemes. allophones. Identification of phonemes. Complementary distribution. Analogous environment. The articulatory and distinctive characteristics of the phonemes of Yorùbá language. Production of sounds. Organs of speech.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 202.

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