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XOM ISO 639-3

Komo

Tta Komo Autonym

A language of Sudan

ISO 639
xom
Alternate Names
Central Koma, Como, Gokwom, Hayahaya, Koma of Daga, Madiin
Autonym
Tta Komo
Population
10,000 in Sudan (1979 W. James). Total users in all countries: 37,000.
Location:
Blue Nile state: Kurmuk district, Ahmar, Tombak, and Yabus rivers area.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Koman
Dialects
Beilla, Chali. Dialects may be separate languages. Lexical similarity: 52% with Uduk [udu].
Typology
Tonal, 3 tones; 7 vowel system /i, ɪ, ɛ, a, ɔ, ʊ, u/ with ATR contrast in the high vowels; anticipatory +ATR harmony and progressive –ATR harmony (Otero 2015, to appear); AVO/OVA depending on discourse context but strictly SV; no case marking of core arguments; virtually no nominal morphology; nouns are generally transnumeral, core verbal morphology includes a three-way paradigm of deictic directional suffixes that code deictic direction of translational motion, associated motion and aspect when collocated with verb roots of distinct semantic profiles; bound pronominal suffixes distinguish number and gender obligatorily index S/A and can optionally index O/R/T on a finite verb; 3 genders (m, f, non-human) in the pronominal system; pluractional derivation via partial reduplication of the verb root; segmentally and tonally suppletive verb roots in number; serial verb constructions.
Language Use
All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Ganza [gza], Uduk [udu].
Language Development
Radio. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1960–1963.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Komo
Writing
Latin script [Latn], plans for future development in Ethiopia.
Other Comments
Called Aru in Uduk [udu].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Komo
User Population
1,000 in Ethiopia (Meckelberg 2016). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2018).
Location
Benishangul-Gumuz region: Mao-Komo special district south of Asosa; Gambela region: Itang special district, Pokung; Sombo Garre (Wallaga, southwest of Mugi); Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Bonga special district.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Different from Komo [kmw] for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Koma [kmy] of Cameroon. Muslim, traditional religion.
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Language Name
Komo
User Population
26,000 in South Sudan (2017).
Location
Upper Nile state: Longochuk and Maiwut counties, on Ethiopia border.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
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Map

Location: Blue Nile state: Kurmuk district, Ahmar, Tombak, and Yabus rivers area.