See le in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Are you in good health?",
"text": "ṣe ará le o?",
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"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - leview map"
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"roman": "Ùkálẹ̀",
"word": "le儊Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeni儊Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ni儊Ìkòròdúni儊Ṣágámùni儊Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupani儊"
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"word": "le儊OǹdóOǹdóni儊UsẹnUsẹnle儊ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹni儊OlùkùmiUgbódùni儊Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìle儊Òdè Èkìtìle儊Ìfàkì Èkìtìle儊Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́le儊Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàle儊ÈkóÈkóle儊ÌbàdànÌbàdànle儊ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràle儊Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbole儊ÌlọrinÌlọrinle儊OǹkóÒtùle儊Ìwéré Iléle儊Òkèhòle儊Ìsẹ́yìnle儊Ṣakíle儊Tedéle儊Ìgbẹ́tìle儊Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́le儊Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàle儊Bɛ̀nɛ̀le儊Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbale儊Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréle儊Atakpamɛle儊Est-Monole儊Tchettile儊Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
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"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
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}
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"word": "gbẹ́kẹ̀lé"
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