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 | |
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Native to | Angola |
Native speakers | 22,300 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ndq |
Glottolog | ndom1244 |
R.12 [2] |
There is no standard form of Ndombe,[4] nor an established writing system.[5]
References
edit- ^ Ndombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Nurse & Phillipson 2003
- ^ ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe in the Language Cloud". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Ethnologue (ed.). "Ndombe". Retrieved 22 January 2015.