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These guides are written for learners at every stage — from complete beginners to students already working through Odù verses. Each page stands alone, and each links to the others so you can follow your curiosity naturally. Together, they form a public-facing cultural learning, Yoruba research, and Ifa research cluster that supports discovery before enrollment.

Àṣẹ Reclaim Yorùbá As An Ancestral Language Of PowerNewLanguage recovery as ancestral work, disciplined devotion, and cultural repair with Ifa Scribe support.ABC Beginner Yorùbá Language GuideStart hereAlphabet, tones, core vocabulary, and your first steps toward fluency — built for complete beginners.Audio Yorùbá Pronunciation GuideVowels, consonants, digraphs, and the sounds that trip up English speakers most.Tone Yorùbá Tones ExplainedHow high, mid, and low tones change meaning — with minimal pairs, diacritics, and practice techniques.Book Yorùbá Grammar BasicsSVO sentence structure, verbs, negation, question formation, and how Yorùbá organizes meaning.World Yorùbá for the DiasporaWhy reconnecting through language matters — and why diaspora learners have a unique, powerful path.Terms Ifá & Yorùbá Sacred VocabularyEssential terms from the Ifá literary corpus: Odù names, orisha titles, ritual language, and cosmological vocabulary.Compare Yorùbá Tutor vs Self-StudyPrivate tutors, apps, or structured programs — an honest comparison for serious diaspora learners.Tool Ifa Scribe vs Other Transcription ToolsWhy general AI transcription fails Yorùbá tonal language — and what Ifa Scribe does differently.

Learning with the program

These guides are a free companion to the live Yorùbá Language Program — twice-weekly Zoom classes, a 12-unit progressive curriculum, and access to AI study tools including Ifá Scribe and Ifá Orator. New students are accepted on a rolling basis.

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About the Ifa digital toolkit ecosystem

The Yorùbá Language Program is part of the Ifa digital toolkit ecosystem — a broader effort to make Yorùbá language study, Ifá literary scholarship, and digital tools available to the global diaspora. The Ifá Scribe tool lets you upload or record Yorùbá audio and receive an AI-generated tonal transcription. The Ifá Orator converts written text back into speech. The Ifá Companion is a curriculum-aware conversational AI for Odù study.

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