Komo language (Bantu)
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| Komo | |
|---|---|
| Kikuumu | |
| Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | (400,000 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kmw |
| Glottolog | komo1260 |
D.23[2] | |
Komo is a Bantu language spoken by half a million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including an area around the major upriver port of Kisangani.
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | k͡p |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮd͡ʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡ͡b | |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Approximant | l | |||||
Vowels[edit]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
See also[edit]
Komo people (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References[edit]
- ^ Komo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Thomas, John Paul (1992). A morphophonology of Komo: non-tonal phenomena. University of North Dakota.
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