# Viemo language

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{{Short description|Gur language spoken in Burkina Faso}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Viemo
|nativename=
|states=[Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso)
|region=
|speakers=8,000 
|date=1995
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages)?
|fam3=[Savannas](/source/Savannas_languages)?
|fam4=[Gur](/source/Gur_languages)?
|iso3=vig
|glotto=viem1243
|glottorefname=Viemo
}}
'''Viemo''', also known as ''Vige, Vigué, Vigye,'' is a language of [Burkina Faso](/source/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](/source/Gur_language) family, but its exact affiliation within [Niger–Congo languages](/source/Niger%E2%80%93Congo_languages) is not yet established .<ref name="Guldemann">{{Cite book|title=The Languages and Linguistics of Africa|last=Güldemann|first=Tom|editor-last=Güldemann|editor-first=Tom|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton|chapter=Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa|year=2018|isbn=978-3-11-042606-9|doi=10.1515/9783110421668-002|location=Berlin|pages=58–444|series=The World of Linguistics series|volume=11}}</ref> It is spoken in [Karangasso-Vigué Department](/source/Karangasso-Vigu%C3%A9_Department) and in neighbouring provinces.<ref name="e22">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/BF/languages|title=Burkina Faso|work=Ethnologue, 22nd edition|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> 

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](/source/Dyula_language) speakers.<ref>Berthelette, John. 2002. [https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9122 Sociolinguistic survey report for the Vigué (Viemo) language]. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-009. [https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/12/73/18/127318319990375352170214440069962194815/SILESR2002_009.pdf PDF],</ref>
==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Consonants<ref name=prost79>{{Cite journal |last=Prost |first=André |date=1979 |title=Le Viemo: langue des Vievɔ dits Viguié |journal=Documents Linguistiques |publisher=Publications de Département de Linguistique Générale et Linguistique Africaine de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaine de l'Université de Dakar |issue=23}}</ref>
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![Labial](/source/Labial_consonant)
![Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
![Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
![Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
![Labiovelar](/source/Labial%E2%80%93velar_consonant)
|-
![Plosive](/source/Plosive)
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|c}} {{IPA link|ɟ}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|kp}} {{IPA link|gb}}
|-
![Fricative](/source/Fricative)
|{{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|v}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
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|{{IPA link|x}}
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|-
![Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋʷ}}
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|-
![Approximant](/source/Approximant)
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
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|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowels<ref name=prost79/>
!
![Front](/source/Front_vowel)
![Central](/source/Central_vowel)
![Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|-
![High](/source/Close_vowel)
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} {{IPA link|ĩ}} {{IPA link|ĩː}}
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|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} {{IPA link|ũ}} {{IPA link|ũː}}
|-
![Mid-high](/source/Close-mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}
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|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}
|-
![Mid-low](/source/Open-mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}} {{IPA link|ɛ̃}} {{IPA link|ɛ̃ː}}
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|{{IPA link|ɔ}} {{IPA link|ɔː}} {{IPA link|ɔ̃}} {{IPA link|ɔ̃ː}}
|-
![Low](/source/Open_vowel)
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|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}} {{IPA link|ã}} {{IPA link|ãː}}
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|}

Viemo also has three [tones](/source/Tone_(linguistics));<ref name=prost79/> high, mid, and low.
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gur languages}}
{{Niger-Congo branches}}

Category:Gur languages
Category:Languages of Burkina Faso

{{gur-lang-stub}}

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