Viya language

Viya
Viya
Eviya
Native to	Gabon
Ethnicity	400 Eviya (2013)[1]
Native speakers	50 (2013)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Tsogo languages (B.30) Viya; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gev
Glottolog	eviy1235
Guthrie code	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

Viya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
typo "Gheviva" in Maho (2009)
Online collection of proverbs
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.

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[e25-1] Viya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Guthrie-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.