CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Yoruba Country . 



Geograpliical and Historical Descript 

 Natural Productions and Climate 



The Yoruba People 



Physical Characteristics and Origin 



Religious Belief .... 

 Industrial Pursuits .... 

 Intellectual and Moral Characteristics 

 List of Yoruba Publications 



Pago 



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Part I 



YORUBA GRAMMAR. 



. — Orthoepy and Orthography. 



Chap. I.— The Alphabet 

 Vowels . 



Simple Vowels . 

 Diphthong's . 

 Quantity 

 Tone 

 Assimilation 



Elision 



Consonants 



Simple Consonants 

 Compound Consonants 



Interchange of Letters 

 Chap. W.—Syllahles . 



Accent . . . . 



Part II. — Etymology and Syntax, 



Chap. I. — Formation of Words 

 Derivation of Verbs 

 Derivation of Noims 

 With Vowel Prefixes . 

 With Syllabic Prefixes 

 By Reduplication 

 By Composition . 

 Derivation of Adverbs 

 Derivation of Prepositions 

 Derivation of Conjunctions 

 Chap. II. — Inflexion and Construction of 

 Words 

 Pronouns ...... 



Personal Pronouns 



Nominatives .... 



Objectives .... 



Possessives .... 



Emphatic and Reflexive Pronouns 

 Pleonastic Use of Pronouns 

 Omission of Pronouns 

 Demonstrative Pronouns 



Definite Article 

 Relative Pronoun • . 



Omission of the Relative 

 Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns 



