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Komba

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kpf

Population	15,000 (2000 SIL).
Region	Morobe Province, Kabwum District. Selepet [spl] northwest, Timbe [tim] west, Saruwaget Mountains south, Cromwell Mountains east.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 516
Alternate names	Neng Den
Dialects	East Komba, Central Komba, West Central Komba, Border Komba, West Komba.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Huon, Western
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. Komba [kpf] and Tok Pisin [tpi] used in church, songs. Positive attitude. Also use Tok Pisin or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1980.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists: coffee as cash crop. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SOUTHWELL, Gwyneth; SOUTHWELL, Neville, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1972. Phonemes and orthography of Komba.  

SOUTHWELL, Gwyneth; SOUTHWELL, Neville, authors. Available: 2007; Created: 1972-08. Komba sentence and paragraph types.  

SOUTHWELL, Gwyneth; SOUTHWELL, Neville, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1976. Komba dialect survey.  

SOUTHWELL, Gwyneth; SOUTHWELL, Neville, compilers. Available: 2008; Created: 1969. Komba dictionary.  

SOUTHWELL, Neville, author. 1989. Assessment and reassessment: a Pacific perspective.

SOUTHWELL, Neville, author. 1992. Komba Organised Phonology Data.  

SOUTHWELL, Neville, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1979. Komba grammar sketch.  

Vernacular Publications

Kut ŋâi ŋâi mârum muyageip. 1975.

Kut ŋâi ŋâi zi tân nâŋgome zorat den siŋgi. 1975.

Nâ kutnâ ŋâi? Zuu sot kabât op ândime, zeŋgât den. 1975.

Nen niiŋ denân ekap kulemgunaat. 1975.

Sâkurâpniŋ kut ŋâi ŋâi mem ândiwe sot op ândiwe. 1975.

Sampela hap tok bilong Komba na Pisin na Inglis. 1975.