Siamou
Siamou , also Sεmε ( Seme ), denotes a Kru language and the ethnic group that speaks this language and lives mainly in the west of the West African state of Burkina Faso .
The number of speakers is estimated at around 40,000 people (in Burkina Faso 20,000), their center is the city of Orodara in the province of Kénédougou . There is a dialect called Bandougou . Siamou also live in Mali and the Ivory Coast .
literature
- François Belliard: Rôles des griots et des forgerons dans la fabrication et le jeu des instruments de musique des Sm d'Orodara (Kénédougou, Burkina Faso). In: Fabre Gwenaëlle, Fournier Anne, Sanogo Lamine: Regards scientifiques croisés sur le changement global et le développement - Langue, environnement, culture: Actes du Colloque international de Ouagadougou (8-10 mars 2012). 2014, pp. 65–91 (HAL Id: hal-00939899)
- Carmela Irene Penner Toews: Topics in Siamou tense and aspect. (Dissertation) University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Siamou. A language of Burkina Faso. Ethnologue.com