Ikoma language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Tanzania}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Ikoma

|nativename=Ikoma-Nata-Isenye

|states=Tanzania

|region=Mara Region

|ethnicity=Ikoma people, Nata, Isenye

|speakers=36,000

|date=2005

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Northeast Bantu

|fam9=Great Lakes Bantu

|fam10=East Nyanza

|fam11=Nyanza Mara

|iso3=ntk

|glotto=ikom1247

|glottorefname=Ikoma-Nata-Isenye

|guthrie=JE.45

}}

Ikoma, Nata, and Isenye are the ethnic names for a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Writing system

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|+ Ikoma alphabet{{sfn|Robinson|2018}}

abhcheë

| gh

hikm

| n

ng’nyoö

| r

sshtu

| w

y

References

{{Reflist}}

=Works cited=

  • {{cite web |language=en |first=Holly |last=Robinson |title=Ikoma orthography statement |publisher=SIL International, Uganda-Tanzania Branch |date=2018 |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/76919}}

{{Languages of Tanzania}}

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Category:Languages of Tanzania

Category:Great Lakes Bantu languages

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