Tupuri (Tpuri)

Tupuri is a member of the Northern Mbum branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 320,000 people in southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon. In Cameroon, it is spoken in Moulvoudaye and Guidigis communes in the Mayo-Kani department, and in Kar-Hay, Kalfou, Datcheka and Tchati-Bali communes in the Mayo-Danay department in the Far North Region. In Chad, it is spoken in the Mayo-Kebbi Est Province.

Tupuri is also known as Toupouri, Tpuri or Tupuro. It is written with the Latin alphabet.

Tupuri alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Tupuri (Excel)
Details of Tupuri alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Sample text

Á raw riŋ rage ga : Nday leʼ tos ge we, ni nday tos we gana : Pan wùr, Daga jar ɓuy mo ko ɗúu ɓo go ga ndo diŋ Baa boŋ. Á le hay ge Waŋ wùri.
Hã rege ne wùr ti naw tum
Men ɗig re ɓlagge wùrn go ne wùr ti, Doo ga wùr men go ne jar maga joŋ wo wùr de ɓlagge go no lay no. Men wùr wo ge nen re ma de raw egre wùr wa.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/3691/LUK.11

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos

Information about Tupuri | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Tupuri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupuri_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupuri
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tupu1244
http://www.language-archives.org/language/tui
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/tui
https://tupuriacademy.com/

Mbum languages

Kim, Mbum, Mundang, Tupuri

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 15.06.26. Last modified: 15.06.26

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