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Yoruba
Level 1
Basic Course
Foreign Service Institute
Department of State
The Course Used by Diplomats
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This FSI Audio-Forum® Course Features:
* 18 hours of audio, 49 units (lessons)
* 381-page text
* Tone drills, contrasts, and application
* Yoruba phonetic drills
* Yoruba vowels and consonants
* Yoruba grammar and writing awareness
* Basic sentences and dialogs
* Vocabulary exercises
* Glossary
The U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute developed full-length courses specifically for diplomats, the very people who must learn a language quickly and effectively. Having worked with FSI authors and instructors, these courses have been fully tested through usage before release to the public. For over 40 years, Audio-Forum® has been the original and most trusted source for Foreign Service Institute language courses.
About the Language
Yoruba, the language of the Yoruba people, one of the largest ethnic groups of Sub-Saharan Africa, belongs to the Niger-Congo language family. It emerged as a distinct language around the 4th century BCE, and today has over 20 million native speakers, primarily in Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. It is an official language of Nigeria. Until the 17th century, Yoruba was written in the Ajami script, a form of Arabic. Beginning in the 1800s, the Latin alphabet was adopted for written Yoruba, although some letters are not used.
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System Requirements for Enhanced PDF Features
Mac® OS X® 10.5 & up
Intel® processor
512 MB RAM
Windows® 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
233 MHz or faster processor
128 MB RAM