Siamou
A language of Burkina Faso
| Population | 20,000 in Burkina Faso (1999). Population total all countries: 40,000. |
| Region | Kénédougou Province, 80 km west of Bobo-Dioulasso; Orodara is center, Tin, Diossogou, Diéri, Kotoudéni, Diéridéni, Didéri, Lidara, and Bandougou small villages. Also in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali. |
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Burkina Faso, reference number 48 |
| Alternate names | Seme, Sému, Siémou, Siemu, Syémou |
| Dialects | Bandougou. Minor dialect differences between villages and within Orodara. The Bandougou dialect is considered different, but intelligibility among dialects seems adequate. No closely related languages. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kru, Seme |
| Language use | Vigorous. They are reserved toward people who cannot speak Siamou. Also use Jula [dyu] or French. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: A few in Jula, some in French. |
| Comments | Previously classified as Mande. Their tradition says they came from the south. SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, personal pronouns before noun heads; adjectives, numerals after noun heads; question word final for yes-no questions; content question words appear in normal position: e.g., S-O-adverbial-O of prep; word order distinguishes subjects and objects; CV, CVC, CCV; tonal. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
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