Gourmanché

Gourmanchéma
Gulimancema
Migulimancema
Native toBurkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria
EthnicityGurma people
Native speakers
1.5 million (2012–2021)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gux
Glottologgour1243
PeopleBigulimanceba
LanguageMigulimancema

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.