Tschurama
| Tschurama, Turka (curamã) | ||
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Spoken in |
Burkina Faso | |
| speaker | 37,000 (1998) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -2 |
nic |
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| ISO 639-3 |
tuz |
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The Tschurama (own name Cuuramã , Tyurama ) or Turka ( Turuka ) is a Gur language that is spoken by about 37,000 people in Burkina Faso (as of 1998).
The language is regulated by the Commission du Curama .
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The churama is written with the Latin alphabet .
The spelling rules for the Churama, which uses the approved Latin alphabet of the National Commission of Burkinabe Languages ( Commission Nationale des Langues Burkinabè ), were drawn up in 2003 and revised in 2006.
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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 by using the tilde above the vowels: ã, ǝ̃, ɛ̃, ĩ, õ, ɔ̃, ũ.
example
Yuudagǝ, gɩ̀ yáá gùu vaa nǝ̃ Gbafuɔ sɩga n-yuu-i. Cirabiɛ mãã wù ǝ̃ǝ̃lã tãnkuuraabaa-nã Duulanlǝri, bá nǝ̃ wù ciɛ, bà yáá bàa kã Gbafuɔgu, ǹ-kãã suur sɩgagu. Wù gáa suur sɩgagu ǹ-tã, wú piɛ wù ciɛ vũɔ̃yǝ-nã, ǹ-ba wù kũũ.
Web links
- The Turka Language , MultiTree, Linguist List.
literature
- Colin Suggett, 2003, En avant pour le tchourama! Guide d'orthographe tchourama , Ouagadougou, Société Internationale de Linguistique .
- Colin Suggett et Dot Suggett, 2003 (réédité en 2006), Petit lexique tchourama - français , Édition préliminaire, Ouagadougou, Société Internationale de Linguistique (SIL).