DIGITAL YORUBA
What is Digital Yoruba?
Digital Yoruba is an Alternative Orthography for Yoruba Language or simply, a new, innovative way to write Yoruba. It is based on alphabetic separation of similar words rather than accents. It is much easier to write and learn since every word is written differently in a scientific, logical order.
Digital Yoruba repackages, rebrands and beautifies Yoruba Language to make it very reader friendly, endearing and attractive to our new generation, and to those in the Diaspora.
How it Looks Like
Adaba eau nannin iver
Papar injonon
Eyyer hoko folaus
Explainer Videos
You can watch the explainer videos on Youtube thru this links.
Intro: What is Digital Yoruba
Lesson One: Double Decker
Lesson Two: Regular Verbs
Lesson Three: Irregular Verbs
How it Looks Like
akara d’eyeen akayeen
akara d’eegoon
Separated Words
Thousands of similar words were separated using various differentiation techniques to digitalise Yoruba Language, like those shown below.
From Ogun
- Ogun, 20
- Hogun, iron
- Oogurn, magic
- Oogun, sweat
- Ogoon, war
From Ara
- Arrar, body
- Hara, relative
- Arras, wonder
- Harar, thunder
a poem by Akiwumi Ishola
Es faraballel
Hoju tous faraballel lous inr’imoon,
.
Es faraballel
Ikanju eau se j’ejja eleegoon
Enneen tous faraballel as rimoon ehegun
.
Es faraballel
Enneen tous faraballel as jeddaur ivin
Enneen tous inkanju eau leas shorrer abiyamon
Amoddoon eau jinnan
Quis enneen mal m’ehebur sunjer.
.
T’aval ba faraballel yious baur abberrer
T’ommodde ba faraballel as moriki aval
Ikanju eau m’evour jinnon,
Homi vivonon ojoojumon l’ebbaur,
.
As kiis sareas gungi avon,
Enninkon eau voddaur fi wurawura dessar ejous,
Bi homi eau vonon, ebbar eau ter,
As f’enneen tous wal garri el mun
.
Es faraballel
Publications
LEARN TO WRITE DIGITAL YORUBA
This is a FREE BOOK that you can download to learn the nitty gritty of Digital Yoruba orthography.
DIGITAL YORUBA DICTIONARY
Digital Yoruba Dictionary contains well over 100,000 words with proverbs and niches. Everyone needs a copy of this collection for reference.
1000 YORUBA PROVERBS
This is a compedium of over 1000 common Yoruba proverbs and their meanings. If you are looking to broaden you knowledge of Yoruba language and literature, this is the book you need.
1000 Yoruba Names
This book is a compendium of Yoruba names and their meanings. Whether you are looking for a good name for your child or yourself, this is the book you need.
Learn to Write & Speak Yoruba
This book teaches how to write in perfect Digital Yoruba Orthography. With 256 Verbs and 4500 Vocabularies, you will hit the ground running.
Ariwo Ojja
Lara Sopitan – arewwal obinrin, elleyyinju egger, ommogge tous ferron ivadun. Ous kusi Ecour, ous jinde si London, shuvon wahala rel shesser berrel nin. Lati London lossi Jerusalem, Venice, Rome, Zurich, Lara nilati jijanvarar kuro l’auwor awon edda bitti Eniolla Bamisi, baba isallel awon tous infippal cour enian l’errur lossi hokeocun.
Bible Awon Ommodde
Iweas iton orisirisi latinoon Bible, latori Adam lossi Moses, Joseph, ati bbl. Awon iton tous conneen l’eccaus. Iweas yi wafun awon ommodde tous tous ba fel caus hede Yoruba.