Kom language
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| Kom Itaŋikom |
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| Spoken in: | Cameroon | |
| Region: | North-West Province | |
| Total speakers: | 170,000 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Wide Grassfields Narrow Grassfields Ring Center Kom |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | bnt | |
| ISO 639-3: | bkm | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Kom language (native Name: Itaŋikom) is the language spoken by the Kom people. Schultz 1997a and Schutz 1997b (available online) contain a comprehensive description of the language's grammar.
Kom is a tonal language, with three tones.[1]
[edit] References
- Schultz, George, 1997a, Kom Language Grammar Sketch Part 1, SIL Cameroon
- Schultz, George, 1997b, Notes on Discourse features of Kom Narrative Texts, SIL Cameroon
- Jones, Randy, compiler. 2001. Provisional Kom - English lexcion. Yaoundé, Cameroon: SIL
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