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Kombe language

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Kombe
Ngumbi
Native toEquatorial Guinea
EthnicityKombe people
Native speakers
9,200 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nui
Glottologngum1255
A.33b[2]

The Kombe language, or Ngumbi, is a Coastal Bantu language spoken by the Kombe people of Equatorial Guinea, one of the Ndowe peoples of the coast. It is mutually intelligible with Yasa.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v z
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Trill r
Approximant w l j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

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  1. ^ Kombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Lengamer.org - Ndowé-Kombe