Alternate Names: Endangen
Dialects: East Kombio (Wampurun), North Kombio (Mwi), South Kombio (Yanimoi), West-Central Kombio (Wampukuamp). Mwi dialect is more distinct from the others and users have some difficulty in comprehension between dialects. 7–8 central villages each have unique idiolect versions.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,970 (2003 SIL), decreasing. Small groups in West New Britain, Vanimo and Lae areas; a few elsewhere. About 2,400 live in Kombio area. Very few monolinguals.
Language Use: Shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi]; much mixing with L1. Kombio used by adults, but only used occasionally by those under 18.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25%–35%. Bible portions: 1999–2001.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea