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Ewondo language

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Region
  
ISO 639-2
  
ewo

Glottolog
  
ewon1239

Native speakers
  
(580,000 cited 1982)

ISO 639-3
  
ewo

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone A)BetiEwondo

Ewondo or Kolo is the language of the Ewondo people (more precisely Beti be Kolo or simply Kolo-Beti) of Cameroon. The language had 577,700 native speakers in 1982. Ewondo is a trade language. Dialects include Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bamvele (Mvele, Yezum, Yesoum), Bane, Beti, Enoah, Evouzok, Fong, Mbida-Bani, Mvete, Mvog-Niengue, Omvang, Yabekolo (Yebekolo), Yabeka, and Yabekanga. Ewondo speakers live primarily in Cameroon's Centre Region and the northern part of the Océan division in the South Region.

Ewondo is a Bantu language. It is a dialect of the Beti language (Yaunde-Fang), and is intelligible with Bulu, Eton, and Fang.

In 2011 there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.

References

Ewondo language Wikipedia


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