The orthography is mostly phonemic, although the characters ae, oe, ue, and ’ represent allophonic variations: the three vowel digraphs are the product of vowel coalescence, and the apostrophe represents the glottal stop, a syllable-final variant of /k/.
Although Kom has eight phonetic tones,[3] only two are marked in writing: the low tone [˨] is written with a grave accent (◌̀) over the vowel (e.g. kàe [kæ̀] "four"), and the high-low falling tone [˦˨] is written with a circumflex (◌̂) over the vowel (e.g. kâf [kâf] "armpit").[5]
Referencesedit
^Kom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abcShultz, George (1997). Kom Language Grammar Sketch Part 1(PDF). Yaoundé: Société Internationale de Linguistique (SIL).
^ abcShultz, George (June 1993). Notes on the Phonology of the Kom Language(PDF). Yaoundé: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
^ abKawuldim, Kimbi Paul (2008). Relativization in Kom(PDF). Nairobi: Nairoby Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. p. 17.
^ abChia, Emmanuel N.; Kimbi, Joseph C. (1992). Guide to the Kom Alphabet: Kom Language Reading and Writing Book(PDF). Yaoundé: Société Internationale de Linguistique.
Bibliographyedit
Shultz, George, 1997b, Notes on Discourse features of Kom Narrative Texts, SIL Cameroon
Jones, Randy, compiler. 2001. Provisional Kom - English lexcion. Yaoundé, Cameroon: SIL
language, cameroon, language, also, itaŋikom, language, spoken, people, northwest, province, cameroon, classified, central, ring, language, grassfields, southern, bantoid, languages, niger, congo, language, family, tonal, language, with, three, tones, komitaŋi. The Kom language also Itaŋikom is the language spoken by the Kom people in Northwest Province in Cameroon It is classified as a Central Ring language of the Grassfields Southern Bantoid languages in the Niger Congo language family 2 Kom is a tonal language with three tones 2 KomItaŋikomNative toCameroonRegionNorth West ProvinceNative speakers210 000 2005 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoSouthern BantoidGrassfieldsRingCenterKomLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code bkm class extiw title iso639 3 bkm bkm a Glottologkomc1235This article contains IPA phonetic symbols Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 Orthography 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksPhonology editConsonants edit Kom consonants 3 Bilabial Labio dental Alveolar Palatal Labial velar VelarPlosive b t d c ɟ k ɡFricative f v s z ɣNasal m n ɲ ŋApproximant j w Lateral l Vowels edit Kom vowels 3 4 Front Central BackClose i y ɨ uClose mid e œ oOpen ae aOrthography editKom uses a 29 character Latin script orthography based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages 4 It contains 20 single characters from the ISO set six digraphs and three special characters barred I Ɨɨ eng Ŋŋ and an apostrophe The digraphs ae and oe are also written as ligatures ae and œ respectively Kom alphabet 5 Letters a ae b ch d e f g gh i ɨ j k l m n ŋ ny o oe s t u ue v w y zIPA 2 a ae b c d e f g ɣ i ɨ ɟ ʔ k l m n ŋ ɲ o œ s t u y v w j z The orthography is mostly phonemic although the characters ae oe ue and represent allophonic variations the three vowel digraphs are the product of vowel coalescence and the apostrophe represents the glottal stop a syllable final variant of k Although Kom has eight phonetic tones 3 only two are marked in writing the low tone is written with a grave accent over the vowel e g kae kae four and the high low falling tone is written with a circumflex over the vowel e g kaf kaf armpit 5 References edit Kom at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b c Shultz George 1997 Kom Language Grammar Sketch Part 1 PDF Yaounde Societe Internationale de Linguistique SIL a b c Shultz George June 1993 Notes on the Phonology of the Kom Language PDF Yaounde Societe Internationale de Linguistique a b Kawuldim Kimbi Paul 2008 Relativization in Kom PDF Nairobi Nairoby Evangelical Graduate School of Theology p 17 a b Chia Emmanuel N Kimbi Joseph C 1992 Guide to the Kom Alphabet Kom Language Reading and Writing Book PDF Yaounde Societe Internationale de Linguistique Bibliography editShultz George 1997a Kom Language Grammar Sketch Part 1 SIL Cameroon Shultz George 1997b Notes on Discourse features of Kom Narrative Texts SIL Cameroon Jones Randy compiler 2001 Provisional Kom English lexcion Yaounde Cameroon SILExternal links editKom English dictionary Article about Kom language nbsp This article about Grassfields Bantu languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kom language Cameroon amp oldid 1200548955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
