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Turka language

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Turka
Tyurama
RegionBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Native speakers
(37,000 cited 1998)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3tuz
Glottologturk1306

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]

Writing system

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Alphabet
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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  1. ^ Turka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Berthelette, John (2002). "Sociolinguistic survey report for the Tyurama (Turka) language". Journal of Language Survey Reports (8). Retrieved 24 February 2022.