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Repositioning YoruÌ€baÌ Orthography in Christian Yorùbá Hymnal Apps

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  • ABIOLA Olaide Saheed

    (Department of YoruÌ€baÌ , AdeÌ yemiÌ Federal University of Education, Ondo, Nigeria)

  • BAMIGBADE, Oluwafemi Emmanuel

    (Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)

Abstract

This paper investigates the level of conformity of selected Christian YoruÌ€baÌ hymns with the Standard YoruÌ€baÌ orthography based on three different Hymnal Apps. The data for this study are selected from hymnal Apps of three Christian denominations; Christ Apostolic Church, Baptist Church and Anglican Church (CAC, BC and AC respectively) and analyzed within the theoretical framework of orthography principles (easy acquisition theory, spelling theory and tone economic theory). The findings of the paper showed that there are lots of inconsistencies in the use of YoruÌ€baÌ orthography across the selected hymnal Apps. The study also reveals that the hymns are transcribed using YoruÌ€baÌ orthography without respect to YoruÌ€baÌ suprasegmental features which are significant to YoruÌ€baÌ orthographic rules. The hymns Apps ignore the fact that YoruÌ€baÌ is a tone language which presents many contradictions and complications across the three YoruÌ€baÌ Hymnal Apps and against the standard YoruÌ€baÌ orthography. This paper therefore concludes that YoruÌ€baÌ scholars should intensify efforts to mend the existing gap between the town and gown by repositioning the YoruÌ€baÌ orthography in the Christian YoruÌ€baÌ hymnal Apps to the Standard YoruÌ€baÌ orthography. This paper also calls for the general review of the accepted YoruÌ€baÌ orthography.

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  • ABIOLA Olaide Saheed & BAMIGBADE, Oluwafemi Emmanuel, 2024. "Repositioning YoruÌ€baÌ Orthography in Christian Yorùbá Hymnal Apps," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(10), pages 4638-4643, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:10:p:4638-4643
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