Marking Contour Tones in Yor\`{u}b\'{a}: A Typographic and Computational Proposal

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arXiv:2609.38627v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Yor\`ub\'a is a tonal language in which contour tones pose persistent orthographic challenges. These are especially notable for personal names and lexical items whose conventional spellings avoid vowel lengthening that would otherwise provide a host syllable for the second tone. A particular concern is a class of names in which the conventional spelling does not just omit tonal information but inverts the meaning of said name, sometimes asserti