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Turka

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: tuz

Population	37,000 in Burkina Faso (1998 SIL).
Region	Comoé Province, north and west of Banfora. Principal villages are dialect names. Also in Côte d’Ivoire.
Language map	Burkina Faso, reference number 60
Alternate names	Curama, Cuuramã, Tchourama, Tourka, Turuka, Tyurama
Dialects	Douna, Beregadougou-Toumousseni. Most similar to Cerma [cme].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Kirma-Tyurama
Language use	All ages. Also use Jula [dyu].
Language development	Bible portions: 2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BERTHELETTE, John, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report for the Tyurama (Turka) language."  

SUGGETT, Colin, author. 2003. En avant pour le tchourama! Guide d’orthographe tchourama.

SUGGETT, Colin, author. 2006. En avant pour le tchourama! Guide d'orthographe tchourama.

SUGGETT, Colin; SUGGETT, Dot, compilers. 2003. Lexique tchourama - français, français - tchourama.

Vernacular Publications

Hə̃ə̃gǝgu: hə̃ə̃gǝ n-tãciegu suɔgɩ-nã. 2003.

Jówà yí ə̃ə̃lã cuuram'n kalɩmmã nã (Apprenons à lire en tchourama (turka)). 2006.

Jówà yí ə̃ə̃lã cuuram'n kalɩmmã nã. 2007.

Kaaraagu. 2006.

Kaaraagu. 2008.

Kusubə̃ə̃lə̃gəgu. 2008.

Kwal baa nǝ jaraw. 2003.

Petit lexique tchourama—français. 2003.

Pɩmpɩraa baa nə̃ mə̃yɩrw. 2003.