Ndombe language

Ndombe (Dombe) is a Bantu language of Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group R.10, which apart from Umbundu Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[3] Though not specifically addressed, Ndombe may be in that branch as well.

Ndombe
Native toAngola
Native speakers
22,300 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndq
Glottologndom1244
R.12[2]

There is no standard form of Ndombe,[4] nor an established writing system.[5]

References
  1. Ndombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse & Phillipson 2003
  4. ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe in the Language Cloud". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. Ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe". Retrieved 22 January 2015.


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