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Viemo

Viemo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Burkina Faso.

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Viemo · 10.8°N 3.8°W

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 . It is spoken in Karangasso-Vigué Department and in neighbouring provinces.

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.

From Wikipedia · Viemo language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Viemo

MeaningWordRomanization
nameindo*
eyeTiro*
eartwiyo*
nosemumburo*
toothkando*
tonguelantiro*
handkoko*
bloodTemo*
bonefufuro*
skinTueyo*
kneenauro*
breastkuro*
liverTendo*
waternumo*
firedanko*
sunkpiro*
starusumbiro*
stonetundo*
mountainhando*
treesubo*
leafpowo*
nighthunduro*
dogbombo*
fishyEwo*
onedunde*
twonini*
Im3*
youa*
wesa*
pathako*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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