Kombio language

Kombio
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Ethnicity	Kombio (Akwun)
Native speakers	3,000 (2003) [1]
Language family	Torricelli Urim Kombio
Dialects	Mwi Wampukuamp Yanimoi Wampurun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xbi
Glottolog	komb1272
ELP	Kombio

Kombio is a Torricelli language spoken by a decreasing number of people in Papua New Guinea, as people shift to Tok Pisin. It also goes by the name Endangen. Mwi dialect is divergent, but there is some degree of difficulty in comprehension between other major dialects as well (Wampukuamp, Yanimoi, Wampurun).

Pronouns

Kombio pronouns are: ^[2]

person	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st	apm	antie	antarko	ant
2nd	yikn	yipmuie	yipmarko	yipm
3rd	kil	tuwie	tuarko	ti

References

1. Kombio at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.

Bibliography

• Henry, Joan. 1992. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Summer Institute of Linguistics.