Turka language
{{Short description|Gur language of Burkina Faso}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Turka
|nativename=Tyurama
|region=Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
|speakers=37,000
|date=1998
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Gur
|fam4=Southern Gur
|fam5=Kirma–Tyurama
|iso3=tuz
|glotto=turk1306
|glottorefname=Turka
}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Berthelette |first1=John |title=Sociolinguistic survey report for the Tyurama (Turka) language |journal=Journal of Language Survey Reports |date=2002 |issue=8 |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/8995 |access-date=24 February 2022}}
Writing system
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"
! colspan="30" | 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 : {{anglebracket|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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Category:Languages of Burkina Faso
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