Viemo | |
States: | Burkina Faso |
Speakers: | 8,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo? |
Fam3: | Savannas? |
Fam4: | Gur? |
Iso3: | vig |
Glotto: | viem1243 |
Glottorefname: | Viemo |
Viemo, also known as Vige, Vigué, Vigye, is a language of Burkina Faso. It may be a member of the Gur language, but it is of uncertain affiliation within the Niger–Congo languages.[1] It is spoken in Karangasso-Vigué Department and in neighbouring provinces.[2]
The largest villages are Klesso, Dérégouan, Dan, and Karangasso-Vigué. Speakers are called Vigué by Dyula speakers.[3]
Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
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Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Viemo also has two tones;[4] high, and low.