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Ikoma
Ikoma-Nata-Isenye
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mara Region
Ethnicity	Ikoma people, Nata, Isenye
Native speakers	36,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Nyanza Mara Ikoma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ntk
Glottolog	ikom1247
Guthrie code	JE.45
ELP	Ikoma

Ikoma, Nata, and Isenye are the ethnic names for a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Writing system

Ikoma alphabet

a

bh

ch

e

ë

gh

h

i

k

m

n

ng’

ny

o

ö

r

s

sh

t

u

w

y

References

Works cited

• Robinson, Holly (2018). "Ikoma orthography statement". SIL International, Uganda-Tanzania Branch.

Further reading

• Aunio, Lotta (2015). "A Typological Perspective on Bantu Nominal Tone: The Case of Ikoma-Nata-Isenye in Western Tanzania". Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 33 (3): 359–71. doi:10.2989/16073614.2015.1105106. hdl:10138/173939.
• Roth, Tim (2018). Aspect in Ikoma and Ngoreme: A comparison and analysis of two Western Serengeti Bantu languages (Doctoral). University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts. hdl:10138/258649.
• Laine, Antti (2023). Microvariation in Western Serengeti : Comparative Morphosyntax of Ikoma, Ishenyi, Nata and Ngoreme (Doctoral). University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts. hdl:10138/357117.