Problem:IOL/2005/i4/en

IOL 2005 Problem #4 Yoruba
Below you see phrases in the Yoruba language (in phonetic transcription) and their literal English translations:

(a) Translate into English:

(b) Translate into Yoruba:

⚠ ɟ and y are specific consonants, ε and ɔ are specific vowels of the Yoruba language (similar to e and o respectively). The marks « ´ » and « ` » indicate the so-called tones (a higher or lower level of the voice during the pronunciation of the syllable). The Yoruba language belongs to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by more than 20 million people in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries.

—Ivan A. Derzhanski