Ngomba | Ethnologue

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: jgo
Alternate Names: Bamileke-Ngomba, Nda’a, Ndaa, Sẅíŋɛ́-Mbɔ́ndaa, Ŋgɔmba
Autonym: Cú-Mbɔ́ndaa, Cú-Ŋgɔmbaa
Population: 63,000 (1999 SIL), increasing.
Location:: West region: Bamboutos division, south Mbouda subdivision, southeast of Mbouda, 5 villages, each a separate dialect.
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.

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