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xvii The reader will find here many words from the Lucumí language spoken in Cuba. It derives mostly from Yoruba, which is a tonal language spoken in the southwestern part of modern-day Nigeria. In Yoruba, tone or pitch is used to distinguish words, which otherwise share the same consonants and vowels; for example, ìlú means “town” while ìlù means “drum.” Cuban Lucumí lost much of this tonal subtlety because it developed under the influence of Spanish language, which is non-tonal. Wordsinthisbookarespelledphoneticallyaccordingtotheconventions of Cuban usage. N o t e o n T r a n s l i t e r ati o n ...

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