Yoruba Writing: Standards and Trends

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Abstract
This paper presents the state of Yorùbá orthography. The first effort at standardizing Yorùbá writing system came in 1875, and there has been a great deal of refinements and orthographies since. Specifically, a great rush of activity in standardizing written Yorùbá came in the years after independence when effort to introduce the teaching of Nigerian languages in schools and the application of those languages to official activities. The present standards were established in 1974, however, there remains a great deal of contention over writing conventions-spelling, grammar, the use of tone marks. The paper explores examples from journalism, religious writing, education and literature, and advertising to demonstrate ongoing deviations from the approved orthography.
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Authors Ph.D., Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Olúmúyìwá;
Journal journal of arts and humanities
Year 2013
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Keywords
history of scholarship and learning. the humanities social sciences (general) social sciences history (general) and history of europe

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