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Gurma (also called Gourma or Gourmantché) is an ethnic group living mainly in Burkina Faso around Fada N’Gourma and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin as well as southwestern Niger. They number approximately 1150000.They might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Ghana.Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma (or bigourmantcheba – as they call themselves) people which is part of the Gur language family.