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Viya
Eviya
Native to Gabon
Ethnicity400 Eviya (2013) [1]
Native speakers
50 (2013) [1]
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

  1. ^ a b Viya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ typo "Gheviva" in Maho (2009)
  4. ^ Online collection of proverbs
  5. ^ 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.