Koma | |
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Region | northern Cameroon and into Nigeria |
Native speakers
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(41,000 cited 1982–1989) |
Niger–Congo
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: – Koma Ndera, Gomme – Gɨmme – Gɨmnɨme |
Glottolog |
koma1268 Koma Atlantikakoma1266 Koma Ndera
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The Koma language is a member of 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.