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Pokomo (Kipfokomo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast near Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya. Kipfokomo language originated from "Kingozi" the language, which Kiswahili was built from. "Kingozi" language is the precursor of Kiswahili[citation needed]. Pokomos are the only tribe in the world that speak "Kingozi" and sometimes are referred to as wangozi because they used to wear skins (Ngozi). All adult speakers of Pokomo are bilingual in Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca.

Pokomo
Kipfokomo
Native toKenya
RegionTana River District
Native speakers
95,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Northeast Bantu
                • Northeast Coast Bantu
                  • Sabaki
                    • Pokomo
Dialects
  • Gwano
  • Kinakomba
  • Malalulu
  • Ndera
  • Ndura
  • Zubaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3pkb
Glottologpoko1261
Guthrie code
E.71[2]

There is high of lexical similarity between other languages like Mvita (63%), Amu (61%), Mrima (60%), Kigiryama (59%), Chidigo (58%) or Bajun (57%).


References


  1. Pokomo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

На других языках


- [en] Pokomo language

[fr] Pokomo (langue)

Le pokomo est une langue bantoue parlée par la population pokomo au Kenya.



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