Àmì – ṣe pàtàkì ni èdè Yorùbá nitori lai si àmì, àṣìwí tàbi àṣìsọ á pọ̀.  Ọ̀rọ̀ kan ni èdè Yorùbá lè ni itumọ rẹpẹtẹ, lai si àmì yio ṣòro lati mọ ìyàtọ.  Àmì jẹ ki èdè Yorùbá rọrùn lati ka.

Èdè Yorùbá dùn bi orin.   Àwọn àmì mẹta wọnyi  – ̀ – do, re, ́ – mi, (ko si ~ – àmì fàágùn mọ).  Ori àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ ti a lè fi àmì si – A a, Ee, Ẹẹ, Ii, Oo, Ọọ, Uu.   Ọ̀rọ̀ “i” kò ni àṣìpè nitori èyi a lè ma fi àmì si ni igbà miràn.

À̀pẹrẹ pọ, ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò àpẹrẹ li lo àmì lóri àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ wọnyi:

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Accent signs on words are very important in Yoruba language, because without it, there would be many mis-pronunciation.  The same word in Yoruba language could have several meaning and knowing the difference could be difficult without the accent sign.  Accent sign on words makes reading Yoruba easier.

Yoruba language is as sweet as singing.  The three accent signs sounding as “two signs and one flat” (word-elongation sign has been eradicated).  Accent signs can only be applied to these vowels a e, I,o,u.  Sometimes accent sign is not applied on letter “I” because the prononciation is constant.

There are many examples, check out some of these examples in Alphabetical order:

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