OLAC resources in and about the Turkana language

ISO 639-3: tuv

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Buma, Bume, Northern Turkana, Southern Turkana, Turkwana

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEGenesis in Turkana. Bible Society of Kenya. 1987. United Bible Societies. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_gen-1
2. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

1. ONLINETurkana Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

1. The Turkana language. Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 1983. Publications in African languages and linguistics ; 2. oai:gial.edu:24570
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Turkana. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:turk1308
3. ONLINEThe Turkana Language. Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2276
4. ONLINEThe Turkana Language. Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3564
5. ONLINETopics in the grammar of Turkana. Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4866
6. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana NW Kenya. Best, Günter. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5244
7. ONLINEEnglish-Turkana Dictionary. Barrett, A. 1988. Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Limited. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_morsyn-1
8. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_morsyn-2
9. ONLINEEnglish-Turkana Dictionary. Barrett, A. 1988. Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Limited. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_ortho-1
10. ONLINEThe eastern Nilotes: linguistics and historical reconstructions. Vossen, Rainer. 1982. Berlin: Reimer. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_phon-1
11. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_phon-2
12. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Turkana. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:tna

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINETurkana: a language of Kenya. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tuv
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Turkana. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_tuv
3. Sticks and Straw: Comparative House Forms in Southern Sudan and Northern Kenya. Arensen, Jonathan E. 1983. International Museum of Cultures. oai:sil.org:7956
4. ONLINEEnglish-Turkana Dictionary. Barrett, A. 1988. Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Limited. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_contents-1
5. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_contents-2
6. ONLINEThe eastern Nilotes: linguistics and historical reconstructions. Vossen, Rainer. 1982. Berlin: Reimer. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_detail-1
7. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_detail-2
8. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_map-1
9. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_num-1
10. ONLINECulture and Language of the Turkana, NW Kenya. Best, Gunter. 1983. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tuv_references-1

Other known names and dialect names: Buma, Bume, Northern Turkana, Southern Turkana, Turkwana

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