Turka language
Gur language of Burkina Faso From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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