Provides an introduction to the Yoruba language, which is spoken by over 30 million people in south-western Nigeria, parts of the Benin Republic, and Togo, as well as in the diaspora populations of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. The 15 lessons are designed for both classroom use and self-study. Practice dialogues, combined with grammatical explanations, aid the student in understanding the basics of the language. Each lesson also contains a vocabulary section that highlights the important aspects of its featured topic. The two compact discs, which complement the lessons, help the student easily master the language's unique tones and vowel sounds, often considered the most difficult aspect of the language to learn. Quizzes and practice exercises are integrated into the lessons to help reinforce the material. The book also includes information on various aspects of Yoruba culture, including religion, songs, and folklore. 282pp, USA. HIPPOCRENE.

This complete beginners course is ideal for self study and takes the student through the basic language structures, orthography, phonetics and vocabulary to complex sentence formation and situation based dialogues. Comprises a book which includes a glossary, a key to exercises and pronunciation guide and 2 compact discs of 60 minutes each of audio material by native speakers. UK. ROUTLEDGE.

This complete beginners course is ideal for self study and takes the student through the basic language structures, orthography, phonetics and vocabulary to complex sentence formation and situation based dialogues. Full course comprises a book which includes a glossary, a key to exercises and pronunciation guide and 2 compact discs of 60 minutes each of audio material by native speakers. UK. ROUTLEDGE.

This complete beginners course is ideal for self study and takes the student through the basic language structures, orthography, phonetics and vocabulary to complex sentence formation and situation based dialogues. Full course comprises a book which includes a glossary, a key to exercises and pronunciation guide and 2 compact discs of 60 minutes each of audio material by native speakers. UK. ROUTLEDGE.

A textbook covering nouns, qualifiers, verbs, modifiers, introducers, conjuctions, disjunctions, sentences and tones. Each chapter ends with comprehensive questions and exercises. 158pp, NIGERIA. UNIVERSITY PRESS LTD.

Large format intermediate textbook for courses in Yoruba, emphasising written, oral and cultural activities, with monologues, dialogues, poems and songs, as well as twelve readings for individual and class exercises. B/w illus, 280x215mm, 224pp, USA. YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Ideal for travellers, holidaymakers, business people, schoolchildren and students. There are nine topics: first words, food, colours, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries. Includes speech recording to compare pronunciation with native speakers. System requirements: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS9 or OS X, 64mb free memory. UK. EUROTALK.

A simple guide presenting essential features, with exercises. Index, 63pp, viii, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

1967 9781292091 Paperback

Developed by the American Foreign Service Institute, this basic course in Yoruba uses 36 audio cassettes (36 hours) recorded by native speakers to teach basic grammar, phonology and vocabulary. The supporting text book is divided into 49 units with supplementary conversations. 343pp, USA. AUDIO-FORUM.

The first book in a course in Yoruba designed for non native learners. Each lesson is based on a dialogue based around topics of everyday experience. 144pp, NIGERIA. NEW HORN.

The second book in a two-part course designed for non-native learners. No accompanying tapes. NIGERIA.