{{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 |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 === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal |- align="center" ! rowspan="4" |Plosive !<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 !<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 |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- align="center" ! colspan="2" |Trill | |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |- align="center" ! colspan="2" |Approximant |{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|j}} | | |}
=== Vowels === {| class="wikitable" ! !Front !Central !Back |- align="center" !Close |{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} | |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} |- align="center" !Mid |{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}} | |{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} |- align="center" !Open | |{{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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