Ngomba

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
jgo
Alternate Names
Bamileke-Ngomba, Nda’a, Ndaa, Sẅíŋɛ́-Mbɔ́ndaa, Ŋgɔmba
Autonym
Cú-Mbɔ́ndaa, Cú-Ŋgɔmbaa
User Population

63,000 (1999 SIL), increasing.

Location

West region: Bamboutos division, south Mbouda subdivision, southeast of Mbouda, 5 villages, each a separate dialect.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Bamileke
Dialects

Babete (Bamete), Bamendjinda, Bamendjo, Bamenkumbo, Bamesso. Dialect speakers appear to understand each other well. Bamendjinda, Bamesso, and Bamenkumbo are reportedly most similar.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use French [fra]. Many also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. Many also use Ngombale [nla]. Some also use Ngiemboon [nnh]. Also use Medumba [byv]. Used as L2 by Ngombale [nla].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Used informally in education. Literature. Radio. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngomba
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Bafounda is a separate town and language (see Ghomálá’ [bbj]), but ethnically Nda’a. Different from Kwasio [nmg] in the Maka-Njem group.