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Yoruba[edit]
Yoruba phrasebook
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Etymology[edit]
From kú + àsán (“morning, variant of ọ̀sán”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
káàsán
- good afternoon! (used between noon and 4pm)
Usage notes[edit]
When speaking respectfully, this must be immediately preceded by the pronoun ẹ. Per the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show a downstepped high-tone vowel, the vowel must be duplicated in the orthography.[1] However, káàsán has cemented itself as an exception to this rule, with this spelling being universally used instead of the orthographically correct kásàn-án.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ayọ̀ Bámgbóṣé (1974) “Yoruba Orthography”, in Ayọ̀ Bámgbóṣé, editor, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages: Manual 1, Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos: National Language Center, pages 43-54