Viya
Eviya
Native toGabon
Ethnicity400 Eviya (2013)[1]
Native speakers
50 (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gev
Glottologeviy1235
B.301[2]
ELPGeviya

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. 1 2 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.


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