Kombe language explained

Kombe
Nativename:Ngumbi
States:Equatorial Guinea
Ethnicity:Kombe people
Speakers:9,200
Date:2011
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone A)
Fam6:Sawabantu (A.30)
Fam7:Yasa?
Iso3:nui
Glotto:ngum1255
Glottorefname:Ngumbi
Guthrie:A.33b

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

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Trillpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

External links

Lengamer.org - Ndowé-Kombe