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Viemo language

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Viemo
Native toBurkina Faso
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vig
Glottologviem1243

Viemo, also known as Vige, Vigué, Vigye, is a language of Burkina Faso. Vigué is the term for the ethniciity while Viemo is the name of the language. It may be related at a higher level to the Gur language family, but its exact affiliation within Niger–Congo languages is not yet established .[2] It is spoken in Karangasso-Vigué Department and in neighbouring provinces.[3]

The central village, said to be the origin of other villages, is Karangasso-Vigué, which is distinct from Karangasso-Sembla, an important village of Sembla people (speakers of Seenku language) west of Bobo Dioulasso. Other important ethnic Vigué villages are Klesso, Dérégouan, and Dan. Speakers are called Vigué by Dyula speakers.[4]

Phonology

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Consonants[5]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Plosive p b t d c ɟ k kp gb
Fricative f v s x
Nasal m n ɲ ŋʷ
Approximant w l j
Vowels[5]
Front Central Back
High i ĩ ĩː u ũ ũː
Mid-high e o
Mid-low ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Low a ã ãː

Viemo also has three tones;[5] high, mid, and low.

References

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  1. ^ Viemo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
  3. ^ "Burkina Faso". Ethnologue, 22nd edition. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ Berthelette, John. 2002. Sociolinguistic survey report for the Vigué (Viemo) language. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-009. PDF,
  5. ^ a b c Prost, André (1979). "Le Viemo: langue des Vievɔ dits Viguié". Documents Linguistiques (23). Publications de Département de Linguistique Générale et Linguistique Africaine de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaine de l'Université de Dakar.