Koma language

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]

Not to be confused with Koman languages, Koma language (Bantu), or Koma language (Gur).
Koma
Regionnorthern Cameroon and into Nigeria
Native speakers
(41,000 cited 1982–1989)[1]
Dialects
  • Gomnome
  • Gomme
  • Ndera
  • Gimme
  • Gimnime
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
kmy – Koma Ndera, Gomme
kmp – Gɨmme
gmn – Gɨmnɨme
Glottologkoma1268  Koma Alantika
koma1266  Koma Ndera

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
  1. Koma Ndera, Gomme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Gɨmme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Gɨmnɨme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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