lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageSiamou, also known as Sɛmɛ (Seme), is a language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso. It is unclassified within the proposed Niger–Congo language family and could likely be a language isolate
Unclassified language of southwest Burkina Faso
Siamou |
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Native to | Burkina Faso |
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Native speakers | 40,000 (ca. 1999)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | sif |
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Glottolog | siam1242 |
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The speakers call themselves Seme. The Jula exonym is Siamou.[2]
Classification
Siamou is traditionally classed as Kru. However, according to Roger Blench (2013) and Pierre Vogler (2015), the language bears little resemblance to Kru.[3][2] Güldemann (2018) also leaves out Siamou as unrelated to Niger-Congo and considers it a language isolate.[4] Glottolog considers it a language isolate.
Siamou word order is SOV, like the Senufo languages, but unlike the SVO Central Gur languages.[4]
Geographical distribution
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 and the surrounding villages of Bandougou, Didéri, Diéri, Diéridéni, Diossogou, Kotoudéni, Lidara, and Tin.[2] Siamou has one major dialect, Bandougou. In addition, there are minor dialectal differences among the Siamou spoken in Orodara and in surrounding villages. It is also spoken in Toussiana Department of Burkina Faso.
See also
Further reading
- Prost, André. 1964. Contribution à l’étude des langues voltaiques. Dakar: IFAN.
- Traoré, Kotalama. 1984. Eléments de phonologie dimensionnelle du Seme. Ouagadougou: Université de Ouagadougou MA thesis.
- Traoré, Kotalama. 1985. Recherche sur la structure de l’enonce Seme. Nice: Université de Nice MA thesis.
- Traoré, Kalifa & Nadine Bednarz. 2008. Mathématiques construites en contexte: une analyse du système de numération oral utilisé par les Siamous au Burkina Faso. Nordic Journal of African Studies 17(3). 175–197.
- Toews, Carmela I. P. 2010. Siamou future expressions. In Melinda Heijl (ed.), Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistics Association 2010, 1‒12. Montréal: Concordia University.
- Toews, Carmela I. P. 2015. Topics in Siamou tense and aspect. Vancouver: University of British Columbia dissertation.
Notes
- Siamou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Vogler, Pierre. 2015. Le sèmè/siamou n’est pas une langue kru.
- Blench (2013:50)
- Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9. S2CID 133888593.
References
Languages of Burkina Faso |
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Official language | |
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Regional languages | |
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Indigenous languages | Mande | |
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Gur | |
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Senufo | |
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Wara–Natyoro | |
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Other | |
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Atlantic–Congo | Atlantic | |
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(Ivory Coast and Ghana) | |
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Volta–Niger | |
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Benue–Congo | Platoid | |
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Cross River |
- Central Delta
- Lower Cross River
- Upper Cross River
- Ogoni
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Northern Bantoid | |
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Southern Bantoid | |
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Savannas | |
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Mande | Southeast | |
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West | Central West (Manding–Kpelle) |
- Jogo
- Vai–Kono
- Manding
- Mokole
- Soso–Jalonke (Susu–Yalunka)
- Southwest Mande
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Northwest (Samogo–Soninke) | |
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Kordofanian | |
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others | |
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isolates | |
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unclassified | |
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На других языках
- [en] Siamou language
[es] Idioma siamou
El idioma siamou, también llamado idioma seme o idioma sɛmɛ, es una de las lenguas kru, que pertenecen a la familia de lenguas de las lenguas Níger-Congo. En 1999 contaba con 20.000 hablantes en el oeste de Burkina Faso y otros 20.000 en Costa de Marfil y Malí.[1] En Burkina Faso se habla principalmente en la provincia de Kénédougou en el capital provincial de Orodara. El siamou tiene un dialecto principal, el bandougou. Además hay pequeñas diferencias dialectales entre el Siamou de Orodara y el de los pueblos circundantes.
[fr] Siamou
Le siamou est une langue krou parlée au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso, dans la province du Kénédougou[1].
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