Kombio | |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | East Sepik Province |
Ethnicity: | Kombio (Akwun) |
Date: | 2003 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Torricelli |
Fam2: | Urim |
Dia1: | Mwi |
Dia2: | Wampukuamp |
Dia3: | Yanimoi |
Dia4: | Wampurun |
Iso3: | xbi |
Glotto: | komb1272 |
Glottorefname: | Kombio |
Kombio is a Torricelli language spoken by a decreasing number of people in Papua New Guinea, as people shift to Tok Pisin. It also goes by the name Endangen. Mwi dialect is divergent, but there is some degree of difficulty in comprehension between other major dialects as well (Wampukuamp, Yanimoi, Wampurun).
Kombio pronouns are:[1]
person | singular | dual | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | apm | antie | antarko | ant | |
2nd | yikn | yipmuie | yipmarko | yipm | |
3rd | kil | tuwie | tuarko | ti |
. William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 197–432 . 978-3-11-028642-7.