Siamou language
Kru language of southwest Burkina Faso / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Siamou language, also known as Seme (Sɛmɛ), is a language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso. It is part of the Kru languages or unclassified within the proposed Niger–Congo languages. It is also spoken in Ivory Coast and Mali, and could likely be a language isolate.
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Siamou | |
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Sɛmɛ | |
Native to | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited ca. 1999)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sif |
Glottolog | siam1242 |
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The speakers call themselves Seme. The Dioula language exonym is Siamou.[2]