Turka
Turka is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
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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.
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Words in Turka
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kyiro* | |
| name | yiri* | |
| eye | yisiri* | |
| ear | twogo* | |
| nose | meare* | |
| tooth | nyirogu* | |
| tongue | nambene* | |
| hand | nakorogo* | |
| blood | toama* | |
| bone | kukugogu* | |
| breast | gmari* | |
| liver | hiEga* | |
| water | hũmmã | |
| fire | dama* | |
| sun | bagu* | |
| star | gmare* | |
| stone | tentani* | |
| mountain | tanogo* | |
| tree | tibikugu* | |
| leaf | peprago* | |
| night | isogo* | |
| dog | va* | |
| fish | tet3ro* | |
| one | dena* | |
| two | hal* | |
| I | mE* | |
| you | n* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | nyo* | |
| see | diE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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