Tura language

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Tura
Wɛɛn
RegionIvory Coast
Native speakers
67,000 (2017)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Mande
    • Eastern Mande
      • Southeastern
        • Mano–Dan
          • Guro–Dan
            • Tura–Dan
              • Tura
Dialects
  • Naò
  • Boo
  • Yiligele
  • Gwéò
  • Wáádú
  • Guse
Language codes
ISO 639-3neb
Glottologtour1242

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.

References

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  1. ^ Tura at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon


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