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Ndombe language

Ndombe (Dombe) is a Bantu language of Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group R.10, which apart from Umbundu Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu. Though not specifically addressed, Ndombe may be in that branch as well.

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Ndombe
Native toAngola
Native speakers
(22,300 cited 2000)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndq
Glottologndom1244
R.122

Ndombe (Dombe) is a Bantu language of Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group R.10, which apart from Umbundu Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.3 Though not specifically addressed, Ndombe may be in that branch as well.

There is no standard form of Ndombe,4 nor an established writing system.5

References

References

  1. Ndombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse & Phillipson 2003
  4. ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe in the Language Cloud". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. Ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe". Retrieved 22 January 2015.