Kombe language
{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea}}
{{distinguish|Ki language{{!}}Kombe dialect of Tuki}}
{{Infobox language
|name=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
|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 =
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! rowspan="4" |Plosive !voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|k}} | |
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!prenasal vl. |{{IPA link|ᵐp}} |{{IPA link|ⁿt}} |{{IPA link|ᶮc}} |{{IPA link|ᵑk}} | |
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!voiced |{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|ɟ}} |{{IPA link|ɡ}} | |
| align="center"
!prenasal vd. |{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ᶮɟ}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
| align="center"
! rowspan="2" |Fricative !voiceless |{{IPA link|f}} |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
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!voiced |{{IPA link|v}} |{{IPA link|z}} | | | |
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! colspan="2" |Nasal |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
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! colspan="2" |Trill | |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
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! colspan="2" |Approximant |{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
[https://lengamer.org/asoc/language.php?language=combe Lengamer.org - Ndowé-Kombe]{{Languages of Equatorial Guinea}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}
Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea
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