# Kombe language

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{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea}}
{{distinguish|Ki language{{!}}Kombe dialect of Tuki}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kombe
|nativename=''Ngumbi''
|states=[Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea)
|ethnicity=[Kombe people](/source/Kombe_people)
|speakers=9,200
|date=2011
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam3=[Benue–Congo](/source/Benue%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam4=[Bantoid](/source/Bantoid_languages)
|fam5=[Bantu](/source/Bantu_languages) ([Zone A](/source/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages))
|fam6=[Sawabantu](/source/Sawabantu_languages) (A.30)
|fam7=[Yasa](/source/yasa_language)?
|iso3=nui
|glotto=ngum1255
|glottorefname=Ngumbi
|guthrie=A.33b
}}

The '''Kombe language''', or '''Ngumbi''', is a Coastal [Bantu language](/source/Bantu_language) spoken by the [Kombe people](/source/Kombe_people) of [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), one of the [Ndowe](/source/Ndowe) peoples of the coast. It is mutually intelligible with [Yasa](/source/Yasa_language).

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |
![Labial](/source/Labial_consonant)
![Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
![Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
![Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
![Glottal](/source/Glottal_consonant)
|- align="center"
! rowspan="4" |[Plosive](/source/Stop_consonant)
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|c}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|
|- align="center"
!<small>prenasal vl.</small>
|{{IPA link|ᵐp}}
|{{IPA link|ⁿt}}
|{{IPA link|ᶮc}}
|{{IPA link|ᵑk}}
|
|- align="center"
!<small>voiced</small>
|{{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|ɟ}}
|{{IPA link|ɡ}}
|
|- align="center"
!<small>prenasal vd.</small>
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}
|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}
|{{IPA link|ᶮɟ}}
|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
|
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" |[Fricative](/source/Fricative_consonant)
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|f}} 
|{{IPA link|s}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|h}}
|- align="center"
!<small>voiced</small>
|{{IPA link|v}}
|{{IPA link|z}}
|
|
|
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" |[Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" |[Trill](/source/Trill_consonant)
|
|{{IPA link|r}}
|
|
|
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" |[Approximant](/source/Approximant_consonant)
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
|
|
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
![Front](/source/Front_vowel)
![Central](/source/Central_vowel)
![Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|- align="center"
![Close](/source/Close_vowel)
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}
|
|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}
|- align="center"
![Mid](/source/Mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}
|
|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}
|- align="center"
![Open](/source/Open_vowel)
|
|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}
|
|}

== 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:Kombe
Category:Sawabantu languages
Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea

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