Viemo

Language name and location: Viemo, Cascades, Burkina Faso [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 维额莫语 (维杰语Vigye), 布基纳法索西南部瀑布大区及附近地区

1. dũde [dʷũⁿde]	21. fɛrɛyɔ ɴmĩ dũde [fɛɾɛjɔ m̩mĩ dʷũde] *
2. niinĩ [niːnĩ]	22. fɛrɛyɔ ɴmĩ niinĩ [fɛɾɛjɔ m̩mĩ niːnĩ]
3. sãsĩ [sãsĩ]	23. fɛrɛyɔ ɴmĩ sãsĩ [fɛɾɛjɔ m̩mĩ sãsĩ]
4. jumĩ [d͡ʒʷumĩ]	24. fɛrɛyɔ ɴmĩ jumĩ [fɛɾɛjɔ m̩mĩ d͡ʒʷumĩ]
5. kuɛɡe [kwɛɣe]	25. fãrã kuɛɡe [fãɾã kwɛɣe] **
6. kõnũrã [kõnũɾã]	26. fãrã kõnũrã [fãɾã kõnũɾã ]
7. kõnĩse [kõnĩse]	27. fãrã kõnĩse [fãɾã kõnĩse]
8. jumĩjɔ niinĩ [d͡ʒʷumĩd͡ʒɔ niːnĩ] 4 x 2 ?	28. fãrã jumĩjɔ niinĩ [fãɾã d͡ʒʷumĩd͡ʒɔ niːnĩ]
9. kwɔmĩdĩ fɛrɛyɔ [k͡pʷɔmĩⁿdĩ fɛɾɛjɔ] -1?	29. fãrã kwɔmĩdĩ fɛrɛyɔ
10. kwɔmũ [k͡pʷɔmũ]	30. fãrã kwɔmũ [fãɾã k͡pʷɔmũ]
11. kwɔmĩdi dũde [k͡pʷɔmĩdi dʷũⁿde]	40. nĩce [nĩt͡ʃe]
12. kwɔmĩdi niinĩ [k͡pʷɔmĩdi niːnĩ]	50. nĩce kwɔmũ [nĩt͡ʃe k͡pʷɔmũ] [40+10]
13. kwɔmĩdi sãsĩ [k͡pʷɔmĩdi sãsĩ]	60. sãce [sãt͡ʃe]
14. kwɔmĩdi jumĩ [k͡pʷɔmĩdi d͡ʒʷumĩ]	70. sãce kwɔmũ [sãt͡ʃe k͡pʷɔmũ] [60+10]
15. kwɔmĩdi kuɛɡe [k͡pʷɔmĩdi kwɛɣe]	80. jũce [d͡ʒʷũt͡ʃe]
16. kwɔmĩdi kõnũrã [k͡pʷɔmĩdi kõnũɾã]	90. jũci kwɔmũ [d͡ʒʷũt͡ʃi k͡pʷɔmũ] [80+10]
17. kwɔmĩdi kõnĩse [k͡pʷɔmĩdi kõnĩse]	100. tãmõ [tãmõ]
18. kwɔmĩdi jumĩjɔ niinĩ	200. tãmĩci niinĩ [tãmĩt͡ʃi niːnĩ]
19. kwɔmĩdi kwɔmĩdĩ fɛrɛyɔ	1000. viewɔ duro [vjewɔ dʷuro]
20. fɛrɛyɔ [fɛɾɛjɔ]	2000. vieci niinĩ [vjet͡ʃu niːnĩ]

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Nathan Severance, Independent research graduate affiliated with linguistics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Hampshire, USA / Nathan Severance, Graduate Student, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, Linguistics, USA. February 16, 2015.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Nathan Severance, 2015 年 2 月 16 日.

Other comments: Viemo has a vigesimal system with special substructure for 8 and 9.

It is a little uncertain of the status of what looks like a rare syllabic nasal in numbers 21 to 24. Higher numbers 400 is tãmĩci jumĩ [tãmĩt͡ʃi d͡ʒʷumĩ], 800. tãmĩci jumĩjɔ niinĩ

[tãmĩt͡ʃi d͡ʒʷumĩd͡ʒɔ niːnĩ]. Viemo is a tonal language, tone marks will be added after further studied. Viemo is a Gur language spoken in Cascades region and nearby regions, south of Burkina Faso by approximately 8,000 speakers.

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