Pokomo language
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Pokomo (Kipfokomo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast near the Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya. The Kipfokomo language originated from the Kingozi language, which is also the ancestor of Swahili.[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, the lingua franca of much of East Africa.
There is high of lexical similarity between other languages like Mvita (63%), Amu (61%), Mrima (60%), Kigiryama (59%), Chidigo (58%) or Bajun (57%).
Phonology
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t̪ d̪ | t d | k g | |||
| Affricate | ts dz | tʃ dʒ | |||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ β | f v | ð | s z | ʃ | ɣ | h |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
| Trill | r̥ r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
Pokomo does not have phonemic tone.