Komo language (Bantu)

Not to be confused with Komo language (Sudan).

Komo is a Bantu language spoken by half a million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including an area around the major upriver port of Kisangani.

Komo
Kikuumu
Native to	DR Congo
Native speakers	(400,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone D.20–30) Boan Komo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kmw
Glottolog	komo1260
Guthrie code	D.23[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	k͡p
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮd͡ʒ	ᵑɡ	ᵑɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ	ʄ
Fricative		ɸ	s
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Approximant			l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

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See also

Komo people (Democratic Republic of the Congo)