Viya language

{{Short description|Endangered Bantu language spoken in Gabon}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Viya

|nativename=Eviya

|states=Gabon

|region=

|ethnicity=400 Eviya (2013)

|speakers=50

|date=2013

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Tsogo languages (B.30)

|iso3=gev

|guthrie=B.301

|glotto=eviy1235

|glottorefname=Viya

}}

Viya (Gheviya,typo "Gheviva" in Maho (2009) Eviya, Avias) is a minor Bantu language of Gabon. A collection of proverbs in their language has been published, with French translations.[http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van%20Der%20Veen/Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga_1995_Van_der_veen.pdf Online collection of proverbs] Also, a bilingual dictionary has been compiled.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.