Turka (Turuka) or Curama (Cuuramã, Tchourama, Tyurama), is a Gur language which is spoken by the Turka people in southwest Burkina Faso. Its closest linguistic relative is the Cerma language: however, they are not mutually intelligible. Due to economic, religious and educational influence, many Turka people also speak Arabic and Jula.[2]
| Turka | |
|---|---|
| Tyurama | |
| Region | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | (37,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tuz |
| Glottolog | turk1306 |
Writing system
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| A | Ǝ | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | H | I | Ɩ | J | K | L | M | N | Ɲ | Ŋm | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y |
| a | ǝ | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | ɩ | j | k | l | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | v | w | y |
Nasalization is indicated with a tilde on the vowel : ⟨ã, ǝ̃, ɛ̃, ĩ, õ, ɔ̃, ũ⟩.
The tones are indicated using diacritics on the vowels or the syllabic nasals, with the acute accent for the high tone and the grave accent for the low tone.
References
edit- ^ Turka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Berthelette, John (2002). "Sociolinguistic survey report for the Tyurama (Turka) language". Journal of Language Survey Reports (8). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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