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Yoruba
Etymology
Derived from owó + ẹ̀sán.
Pronunciation
Numeral
ẹẹ́sàn-án
- nine (used when counting)
Usage notes
- According to the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show the lengthening of a nasal vowel and not a syllabic nasal, a hyphen should be inserted: ẹẹ́sàn-án and not ẹẹ́sànán. Nonetheless, the latter, in addition to ẹẹ́sàn, is still used.
Derived terms
References
- Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages, pages 43-56