Siamou language

The Siamou language, also known as Seme (Sɛmɛ), is a language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso. It is part of the Kru languages or unclassified within the proposed Niger–Congo languages. It is also spoken in Ivory Coast and Mali, and could likely be a language isolate.

Siamou
Sɛmɛ
Native toBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali
Native speakers
(40,000 cited ca. 1999)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sif
Glottologsiam1242

The speakers call themselves Seme. The Dioula language exonym is Siamou.

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