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Vocab
Have a quick look at these "minimal pairs" — words that are the same exact for one sound (in this case O or Ɔ). Then dive into the exercise section to practice them!
(NOTE: A few of the words are not quite minimal pairs. They differ in terms of tone. For example don "day" has a high tone (e.g., dón), but dɔn "dance" has a low tone (e.g., dɔ̀n).
- bo
- excrement
- bɔ
- bamboo
- bon
- house; room
- bɔn
- pour out
- bolo [Bambara]
- arm
- bɔlɔ
- stake
- boro [Ivoirian Jula]
- arm
- bɔrɔ
- sack
- don
- day
- dɔn
- dance
- fo
- greet
- fɔ
- say
- foro
- field
- fɔrɔ
- penis
- jo
- right
- jɔ
- net
- ko
- affair
- kɔ
- back
- kogo
- wall
- kɔgɔ
- salt
- kolon
- mortar
- kɔlɔn
- well
- koro
- drinking bowl
- kɔrɔ
- old
- nogo
- intestine
- nɔgɔ
- manure
- so
- house; home
- sɔ/syɔ
- kind of tree; Isoberlinia Doka
- soni
- load a weapon
- sɔni/sɔɔni
- soon
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