Gourmanché
| Gourmanchéma | |
|---|---|
| Gulimancema | |
| Migulimancema | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Gurma people |
Native speakers | 1.5 million (2012–2021) |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gux |
| Glottolog | gour1243 |
| People | Bigulimanceba |
|---|---|
| Language | Migulimancema |
Gourmanché (Goulmacema, Gourma, Gourmantche, Gulimancema, Gulmancema, Gurma, Gourmanchéma) is the language of the Gurma people. It is the largest by number of speakers of the Gurma subgroup of the Oti–Volta languages, which includes among others the Moba language and the Konkomba language. It is the major language of the easternmost parts of Burkina Faso, around the traditional Gurma capital Fada N'gourma; it is also spoken in neighbouring parts of northern Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana and Nigeria.