| Kombe | |
|---|---|
| Ngumbi | |
| Native to | Equatorial Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Kombe people |
Native speakers | 9,200 (2011)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nui |
| Glottolog | ngum1255 |
A.33b2 | |
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
Consonants
| 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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
References
References
- Kombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online