Tupuri
| Tupuri (Toupouri) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Chad ( Mayo-Kebbi East) Cameroon ( Extreme North ) |
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| speaker | 229,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -2 |
nic |
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| ISO 639-3 |
tui |
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The Tupuri language (on Tupuri language: tupuro ) is a language in Chad and Cameroon is spoken by about 200,000 people.
Toupouri or Tupuri or Tpuri also refers to the people who speak this language as their mother tongue (double connotation).
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The Tupuri language is written using the Latin alphabet . A distinction is made between the consonants: b ɓ cd ɗ fghjklmn ŋ prstwy and the vowels: aeio u.
history
The Bible was translated into the Tupuri as early as the 19th century, and there has also been a practical alphabet for the native-speaking literacy of the Tupuri people since the 20th century .
vocabulary
The Tupuri Calendar:
| month | German | Tupuri |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | Mbao |
| 2 | February | Ka'arang |
| 3 | March | Meene |
| 4th | April | Mburgi |
| 5 | May | Topbe |
| 6th | June | Baa |
| 7th | July | mbiri wai gara |
| 8th | August | Jonfenso'rewa |
| 9 | September | Wang |
| 10 | October | Ka'age |
| 11 | November | Duugi |
| 12 | December | Ba'are |
The weekdays:
| Day | German | Tupuri |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday | Fare |
| 2 | Tuesday | Halge |
| 3 | Wednesday | Fuggi |
| 4th | Thursday | Sele |
| 5 | Friday | Durgi |
| 6th | Saturday | Mbesge |
| 7th | Sunday | Iggi |
Speech situation
The Tupuri, like the other national languages of Chad , does not benefit from any official status.
Article 9 of the Chadian Constitution states that the official languages of Chad are Arabic and French and that the law fixes the conditions for the preservation, promotion and development of the national languages.
"" Les langues officielles sont le français et l'arabe. La loi fixe les conditions de promotion et de développement des langues nationales. »"
Most Tupuri therefore adopt Arabic or French as their mother tongue.
However, the Tupuri is used as a cult language, even if only in Protestant churches.