A Tonal Identification of Yoruba Dialects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21869285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kolawole Adeniyi (0000-0002-6409-9690, Adekunle Ajasin University, corresponding author), E Oluwafemi, Bamigbade Bamigbade, Elugbe Ben, A Adetugbo, Femi Akinkugbe, Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Moses Ayeomoni, Omoniyi Omoniyi, Soumia Bougrine, Cherroun Hadda, Ziadi Djelloul, Bruce Connell (0000-0003-3648-5073), Robert Ladd, Ben Elugbe, A Etman, A Beex, Felix Fabunmi, Abidemi Abidemi, Victor Friedman, Larry Hyman, J Daniel (0000-0002-5015-7781), Magaji Magaji, Mufutat Lamidi, Temitayo Temitayo, L Velle, R Carl, Ian Maddieson (0000-0002-0775-0555), Yetunde Laniran, G Clements, Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá, Solomon Oyetade, Oluwole Oluwole |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 2021.27 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialectologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2013-2247 • E-ISSN: 2013-2247 |
| Publisher | Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1344/dialectologia2021.27.1 |
| OpenAlex | W3201008910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article studies variations in the realisation of contour tones in Oyo, Ibadan, Ife, Igbomina, Ijebu, Ijesa, Ilorin, and Onko dialects of Yoruba and reports that the dialects exploit different dimensions of contour tone realisation to distinguish themselves. Ife, Igbomina and Ijesa dialects reduce the frequency of contour tones via high tone lowering and contour levelling, whereas Ijebu dialect multiplies contours in several ways. For instance, where the other dialects have MH and HH sequences, Ijebu has LH [LR], which increases its frequency of contour tones. In addition, Ijebu is the only dialect in which the M participates in contour tone formation whereby, ML sequence is realised MMU L. On the other extreme, Onko does not realise the falling contour at all. It is consequently argued that these dissimilarities between tonal contours are key indicators of dialectal variations among Yoruba dialects and they are more discernible than segmental and other grammatical indicators that have been more widely studied
Biology · Botany · Linguistics · Yoruba · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |