Kombe language

Not to be confused with Kombe dialect of Tuki.

Kombe
Ngumbi
Native to	Equatorial Guinea
Ethnicity	Kombe people
Native speakers	9,200 (2011)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.30) Yasa? Kombe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nui
Glottolog	ngum1255
Guthrie code	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

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

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

External links

Lengamer.org - Ndowé-Kombe