Siamou

Siamou is a language isolate spoken in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Mali.

Siamou · 11.0°N 4.9°W

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Siamou, also known as Seme (Sɛmɛ), is a language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, but also in Ivory Coast and Mali. It is often classified as one of the Kru languages or unclassified within the proposed Niger–Congo languages, although it could likely be a language isolate.

The speakers call themselves Seme. The Dioula language exonym is Siamou.

From Wikipedia · Siamou language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Siamou

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	dyo*
name	yi*
eye	5a*
ear	tasye*
nose	mar*
tooth	5en*
tongue	dE*
hand	bo*
blood	to*
bone	kpar*
knee	kur*
breast	karwo*
liver	ndir*
water	nu*
fire	niE*
sun	ye*
star	se*
stone	kakoro*
mountain	kal*
tree	timo*
leaf	nwo*
night	tu*
dog	buo*
fish	5e*
one	dyo*
two	ni*
I	mone*
you	are*
we	mEnE*
drink	gbE*