Mispronunciation of high front and low Hausa vowels among the Yorùbá speakers

• Main Authors: Maikanti, Sale, Burkhardt, Jurgen Martin, Yong, Mei Fung, Husain, Salina, Oludare, Olúwadọrọ̀ Jacob
• Format: Article
• Published: Secholian Publication 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94200/; https://msocialsciences.com/index.php/mjssh/article/view/921
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Pronunciation in second language learning is sometimes challenging, especially the vowels. Vowels such as [i] and [a] are found both in Hausa and Yorùbá but [i:] and [a:] are peculiar to Hausa alone. While Hausa has short and long vowels, Yorùbá has only oral and nasal vowels in their vowel inve...