Gourmanché language

Gourmanchéma (Goulmacema, Gourma, Gourmantche, Gulimancema, Gulmancema, Gurma) is a major language of the Gurma people spoken in from Burkina Faso across northern Togo and Benin and as far as Niger.

All nouns within this language are classified into eight noun classes, identified by their prefixes and suffixes in both singular and plural. All mass nouns, states of existence, languages, for example, begin with the prefix mi- and end with the suffix -ma (that is, they take the circumfix mi—ma), as in blood (misuama), water (minyima), sand (mitambima), fire (mifantama), existence (miyema), state of being crazy (migadima), Gourmantché language (migourmantchema). All trees have a set of circumfixes bu—bu and i—di in the singular and plural, as in busaabu (shea tree) and isaandi (shea trees).

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Languages of Burkina Faso
Official language	French
Regional languages	Bambara Mandinka Mossi
Indigenous languages	Mande Bissa Bobo Dyula Kpee Marka Samo Gur Birifor Bomu Buamu Bwa Cerma Cwi Bwamu Dagaare Gourmanché Gurunsi Kasena Láá Láá Bwamu Puguli Senufo Karaboro Nanerigé Sucite Syer-Tenyer Wara–Natyoro Natioro Paleni Samwe Other Fula Hausa Humburi Senni Siamou Tamasheq Western Plains Dogon

Languages of Niger
Official language	French
National languages	Arabic Buduma Fulfulde Gurma Hausa Kanuri Songhai Tassawaq Toubou Tamajeq Zarma
Other languages	Air Tamajeq Chadian Arabic Daza Kaado Tamahaq