Ikoma

Facts

  • Language: Ikoma
  • Alternate names: Nata, Ikinata, Ekinata, EgiikÉ”ma
  • Language code: ntk
  • Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Kuria (E.45) (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 36,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Ikoma, Nata and Isenye are 3 different ethnic groups. They consider their 3 speech varieties different, but similar enough to use the same written material. Nata seems more endangered with many children speaking more Swahili (See: [[Swahili]]) than Nata. Christian, Muslim, traditional religion.

    Ikoma is spoken in Tanzania, Africa.