Viya language

{{Short description|Endangered Bantu language spoken in Gabon}} {{Infobox language |name=Viya |nativename=''Eviya'' |states=[[Gabon]] |region= |ethnicity=400 Eviya (2013)<ref name=e25/> |speakers=50 |date=2013 |ref=e25 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone B|Zone B]]) |fam6=[[Tsogo languages]] (B.30) |iso3=gev |guthrie=B.301 |glotto=eviy1235 |glottorefname=Viya }}

'''Viya''' (Gheviya,<ref>typo "Gheviva" in Maho (2009)</ref> Eviya, Avias) is a minor [[Bantu language]] of [[Gabon]]. A collection of proverbs in their language has been published, with French translations.<ref>[http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van%20Der%20Veen/Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga_1995_Van_der_veen.pdf Online collection of proverbs]</ref> Also, a bilingual dictionary has been compiled.<ref>VAN DER VEEN L. J. et S. BODINGA-BWA-BODINGA (2002), Gedandedi sa geviya, dictionnaire geviya-français. Collection « Langues et littératures de l’Afrique Noire (XII) dirigée par G. Philippson. Louvain – Paris – Sterling, Editions Peeters.</ref>

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{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Tsogo languages]]

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