Koma language
| Koma | |
|---|---|
| Region | northern Cameroon and into Nigeria |
Native speakers | (41,000 cited 1982–1989)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:kmy – Koma Ndera, Gommekmp – Gɨmmegmn – Gɨmnɨme |
| Glottolog | koma1268 Koma Alantikakoma1266 Koma Ndera |
The Koma language is a language cluster belonging to the Duru branch of Savanna languages of Cameroon. Blench (2004) includes three varieties separated in Ethnologue, Koma Ndera, Gɨmne, and Gɨmnɨme; within Koma Ndera, speakers of the marginal dialects, Gomnome and Ndera, can scarcely understand one another, though both understand the central dialect, Gomme.[1]
Varieties
Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as part of the Koma cluster.[2]
- Gomme (Gәmme) (also known as Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe)
- Gomnome (Gọmnọme) (also known as Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo)
- Ndera (also known as Vomni, Doome, Doobe)
References
- ^ a b Koma Ndera, Gomme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gɨmme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gɨmnɨme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)