Viya language
Endangered Bantu language spoken in Gabon
Viya | |
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Eviya | |
Native to | Gabon |
Ethnicity | 400 Eviya (2013)[1] |
Native speakers | 50 (2013)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gev |
Glottolog | eviy1235 |
B.301 [2] | |
ELP | Geviya |
Viya (Gheviya,[3] Eviya, Avias) is a minor Bantu language of Gabon. A collection of proverbs in their language has been published, with French translations.[4] Also, a bilingual dictionary has been compiled.[5]
References
- ^ a b Viya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ typo "Gheviva" in Maho (2009)
- ^ Online collection of proverbs
- ^ 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.
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