Ngomba is a member of the Bamileke branch of the Eastern Grasslands group of the Southern Bantoid languages. It is spoken by about 35,000 people mainly in the Bamboutos Department of the West Region of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in the villages of Bamesso, Bamendjinda, Bamenkoumbo, Babete and Bamendjo in the Mbouda subdivion of the Baboutos Department. There are also a significant number of people who speak and understand Ngomba in the village of Bafounda.
Ngomba is also known as Nguemba, Ndaa or Bamileke-Ng. The people who speak it refer to their language and themselves as Nda'a. They also call their language cú mbɔ́ndaa ('language of the Nda'a'). Dialects include Bamendjinda, Bamete and Bamesso.
Ngomba is written with the Latin alphabet. It is not taught in schools or used in formal institutions.
Download an alphabet chart for Ngomba (Excel)
Details of the Ngomba alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)
Long vowels are doubled (aa, ii, etc).
Taà' ñu ka gwýáá njinjó ñkú. TaàÜ wámó'ó páà. (ÓÀñ, aà nu.) A naà pácó njinjó ntsóâpánápfuà'uà mágáàmánápfuà'uà tát, ñàgú nàdóó wýi a ka páàná laà, tá ñàkuàu nuâu ñkaà yïùná a ka júàónáà wáà laà. Ñkaà yïùná, a ka júàónáà wáà. A tsaàatáà pa' tá'. A ka tïùi njinjó, nàzaàp ñkambúýó' wáà tá ñàkuàu a pán nzúú njá' yáà; áàfuàñ pásuàu páà póàp pátaêlaà' pá,à nàcuà mbóâ póàp ñgó:«Púâú tó!, Pákñáà tsaàaàtáà! ÓÀñ, m bán nàjúàó njinjó wýi a ka páàná laà!»
A man has 100 sheep and loses one. Of course, he will leave the other 99 sheep in the field and go look for the one that is lost, until he finds it. When he finds it, he is very happy. He puts the sheep on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors and says to them: 'Come, be joyful with me! Yes, I have found my sheep that was lost!'
Source: Exposé de l'alphabet et de l'orthographe du ngomba
Information about Ngomba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngomba_language
Aghem,
Ambele,
Awing,
Baba,
Babanki,
Bambalang,
Bamukumbit,
Bamum,
Bamunka,
Bangolan,
Feʼfeʼ,
Fut,
Ghomalaʼ,
Kenswei Nsei,
Kom,
Kwaʼ,
Limbum,
Mfumte,
Mmen,
Ndemli,
Ngaʼka,
Ngiemboon,
Ngomba,
Ngombale,
Nso,
Oku,
Vengo,
Yamba,
Yemba
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 08.12.25. Last modified: 08.12.25
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