Siamou language
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| Siamou | |
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| Sɛmɛ | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso |
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Native speakers
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unknown (40,000 cited ca. 1999)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sif |
| Glottolog | siam1242[2] |
The Siamou language, also known as Sɛmɛ (Seme), is a Kru language of the Niger–Congo language family. In 1999, it was spoken by 20,000 people in western Burkina Faso and another 20,000 in the Ivory Coast and Mali.[1] In Burkina Faso, it is mainly spoken in the province of Kénédougou around the provincial capital Orodara. Siamou has one major dialect, Bandougou. In addition, there are minor dialectal differences amongst the Siamou spoken in Orodara and in surrounding villages.
However, according to Roger Blench, Seme (Siamou) bears little resemblance to Kru.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siamou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/General/African%20linguistic%20diversity%20and%20the%20issue%20of%20substrates.pdf
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