Toura (Côte d'Ivoire)
Toura (Côte d'Ivoire) is a Mande language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Tura (Toura) is a stable Mande language of Ivory Coast. Dialects are Naò, Boo, Yiligele, Gwéò, Wáádú, Guse. Its speakers, the Tura people, live primarily in the Biankouma Department, a mountainous area in the western Ivory Coast, although many of the speakers moved to the urban areas of Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, spreading its overall prevalence.
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Words in Toura (Côte d'Ivoire)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | to* | |
| eye | ya* | |
| ear | tolo* | |
| nose | yu* | |
| tooth | so* | |
| tongue | na* | |
| hand | ko* | |
| blood | yua* | |
| bone | dowa* | |
| skin | kwi* | |
| knee | kpoN* | |
| water | yí | |
| fire | pai* | |
| sun | ya* | |
| stone | gwa* | |
| tree | yili* | |
| night | gbai* | |
| dog | gba* | |
| fish | ve* | |
| one | do* | |
| two | pila* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | ba* | |
| we | ko* | |
| drink | mi* | |
| see | ye* | |
| hear | ma* | |
| die | ga* | |
| come | nu* | |
| path | Za* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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