Yoruba Accented Letters: Complete List to Copy and Paste
Yoruba marks high and low tones with acute and grave accents and uses ẹ, ọ and ṣ with a dot below.
Click any letter below to copy it.
Lowercase Yoruba letters
Uppercase Yoruba letters
Unicode and HTML codes
| Letter | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| á | a with acute | U+00E1 | á |
| é | e with acute | U+00E9 | é |
| í | i with acute | U+00ED | í |
| ó | o with acute | U+00F3 | ó |
| ú | u with acute | U+00FA | ú |
| à | a with grave | U+00E0 | à |
| è | e with grave | U+00E8 | è |
| ì | i with grave | U+00EC | ì |
| ò | o with grave | U+00F2 | ò |
| ù | u with grave | U+00F9 | ù |
| ẹ | e with dot below | U+1EB9 | ẹ |
| ọ | o with dot below | U+1ECD | ọ |
| ṣ | s with dot below | U+1E63 | ṣ |
| ń | n with acute | U+0144 | ń |
| Á | Capital A with acute | U+00C1 | Á |
| É | Capital E with acute | U+00C9 | É |
| Í | Capital I with acute | U+00CD | Í |
| Ó | Capital O with acute | U+00D3 | Ó |
| Ú | Capital U with acute | U+00DA | Ú |
| À | Capital A with grave | U+00C0 | À |
| È | Capital E with grave | U+00C8 | È |
| Ì | Capital I with grave | U+00CC | Ì |
| Ò | Capital O with grave | U+00D2 | Ò |
| Ù | Capital U with grave | U+00D9 | Ù |
| Ẹ | Capital E with dot below | U+1EB8 | Ẹ |
| Ọ | Capital O with dot below | U+1ECC | Ọ |
| Ṣ | Capital S with dot below | U+1E62 | Ṣ |
| Ń | Capital N with acute | U+0143 | Ń |
Typing these letters quickly
On Windows, the fastest built-in route is an Alt code, for example Alt+0225 for á. On a Mac, press Option+E, then A. On phones, add the Yoruba keyboard so every letter sits on the long-press menu. The full typing guide has a chart for every letter.
Capital letters
Every lowercase Yoruba letter above has a capital form, and you should keep the accent on capitals. Dropping accents from capitals is an old typewriter habit; modern style guides for most languages, including the official French and Spanish academies, recommend keeping them.
Sorting and searching Yoruba text
Computers sort accented letters by code point unless told otherwise, which can put them after z. Use a locale-aware sort (for example localeCompare with the Yoruba locale in JavaScript, or a Yoruba collation in your database) so lists follow Yoruba alphabetical order.