Kombio language

Kombio
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
EthnicityKombio (Akwun)
Native speakers
3,000 (2003)[1]
Dialects
  • Mwi
  • Wampukuamp
  • Yanimoi
  • Wampurun
Language codes
ISO 639-3xbi
Glottologkomb1272
ELPKombio

Kombio is a Torricelli language spoken by a decreasing number of people in Papua New Guinea, as people shift to Tok Pisin. It also goes by the name Endangen. Mwi dialect is divergent, but there is some degree of difficulty in comprehension between other major dialects as well (Wampukuamp, Yanimoi, Wampurun).

Pronouns

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Kombio pronouns are:[2]

person singular dual paucal plural
1st apm antie antarko ant
2nd yikn yipmuie yipmarko yipm
3rd kil tuwie tuarko ti

References

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  1. ^ Kombio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

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