Viemo, also known as ''Vige, Vigué, Vigye,'' is a language of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

. Vigué is the term for the ethniciity while Viemo is the name of the language. It may be related at a higher level to the

Gur language The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Ivor ...

family, but its exact affiliation within

Niger–Congo languages Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups ...

is not yet established . It is spoken in Karangasso-Vigué Department and in neighbouring provinces. The central village, said to be the origin of other villages, is Karangasso-Vigué, which is distinct from Karangasso-Sembla, an important village of Sembla people (speakers of Seenku language) west of Bobo Dioulasso. Other important ethnic Vigué villages are Klesso, Dérégouan, and Dan. Speakers are called ''Vigué'' by Dyula speakers.Berthelette, John. 2002
Sociolinguistic survey report for the Vigué (Viemo) language
SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-009
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Phonology

Viemo also has three tones; high, mid, and low.

References

Gur languages Languages of Burkina Faso {{gur-lang-stub