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Bambara |
Dogon |
Eastern Karabo |
Jula |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tiefo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Turka
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| Indigenous Group |
Turka (Also known as: Tyurai, Tourka, Turuka, Curama, Tyurama, Central Senufo, Curaba)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, North and West of Banfora, Tyurama Regio; Provinces Comoe and Leraba; Departments Banfora, Beregadougou, Wolonkoto, Douna and Sindou; Villages Bodadiougou, Toumoussei, Beregadougou, Fabedougou, Malon, Diamon, Kolokolo, Mondon, Moussodougou, Wolonkoto, Douna, Niofila, and Tourny
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| Estimated Population |
38,110 (2005,
People Groups) |
| Environment |
Forest / Savannah / Highland / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Paid Labor
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Turka
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Kirma-Tyurama
Alternate Names:
Tourka, Turuka, Curama, Tyurama
Dialects:
Douna, Beregadougou-Toumousseni |
| Website URLs |
Sociolinguistic Survey Report for the Tyurma (Turka) language
Turka: A language of Burkina Faso
Wikipedia: Comoé Province
Language map of Burkina Faso
Country Senoufo
The Senufo of West Africa
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| NGOs |
International Service: West Africa, Burkina Faso
United Nations Development Program: PNUD Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Afrique Verte
Hilfe Direkt: Burkina Faso
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