| Komo | |
|---|---|
| Go-kwom, Tta Komo | |
| Native to | Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia |
| Region | North of Gambella Region, across the Ethiopia–South Sudan border |
Native speakers | (10,000 in Sudan cited 1979)[1] 8,500 in Ethiopia (2007 census)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xom |
| Glottolog | komo1258 |
| ELP | Komo |
 Komo is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Komo is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Kwama (Komo) people of Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. It is a member of the Koman languages. The language is also referred to as Madiin, Koma, South Koma, Central Koma, Gokwom and Hayahaya.[1] Many individuals from Komo are multilingual because they are in close proximity to Mao, Kwama and Oromo speakers. Komo is closely related to Kwama, a language spoken by a group who live in the same region of Ethiopia and who also identify themselves as ethnically Komo. Some Komo and Kwama speakers recognize the distinction between the two languages and culture, whereas some people see it as one "ethnolinguistic" community.[3] The 2007 Ethiopian census makes no mention of Kwama, and for this reason its estimate of 8,000 Komo speakers may be inaccurate. An older estimate from 1971 places the number of Komo speakers in Ethiopia at 1,500.[4] The Komo language is greatly understudied; more information is being revealed as researchers are discovering more data about other languages within the Koman family.
- ^ a b Komo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Jordan, Linda (2011). "Sociolinguistic Survey report of Northern Mao, Kwama, and Komo Speech Varieties of Western Ethiopia". p. 7.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Otero, Manuel A. "Dual Number in Ethiopian Komo." Nilo-Saharan: Models and Descriptions. By Angelika Mietzner and Anne Storch. Cologne: Rudiger Koppe Verlag, 2015. 123-34. Print.