Kom language
Not to be confused with Kom language (India).
| Kom | |
|---|---|
| Itaŋikom | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | North-West Province |
Native speakers | 230,000 (2005)[1] |
|
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bkm |
| Glottolog |
komc1235[2] |
The Kom language, Itaŋikom, is the language spoken by the Kom people of Cameroon. Shultz 1997a and Shultz 1997b (available online) contain a comprehensive description of the language's grammar.
Kom is a tonal language with three tones.
References
- ↑ Kom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kom (Cameroon)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Shultz, George, 1997a, Kom Language Grammar Sketch Part 1, SIL Cameroon
- Shultz, George, 1997b, Notes on Discourse features of Kom Narrative Texts, SIL Cameroon
- Jones, Randy, compiler. 2001. Provisional Kom - English lexcion. Yaoundé, Cameroon: SIL