"Kolo language" redirects here. For the language of Nigeria also called Kolo, see Ogbia language.
Ewondo
Beti
Region
Cameroon
Native speakers
(580,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone A)
Beti
Ewondo
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Cameroon
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ewo
ISO 639-3
ewo
Glottolog
ewon1239
Guthrie code
A.72[2]
Ewondo or Beti is a Bantu language spoken by the Beti people (more precisely Beti be Nanga, the people of the forest, or simply Beti) of Cameroon. The language had 577,700 native speakers in 1982. Ewondo is a trade language. Dialects include Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bemvele (Mvele, Yezum, Yesoum), Bane, Beti, Enoah, Evouzom, 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 language of the Beti people , and is intelligible with Eton.
In 2011 there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.[3]
^Ewondo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^http://quotidien.mutations-multimedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2962:patrimoine-la-langue-ewondo-a-son-dictionnaire&catid=58:news&Itemid=415[permanent dead link]
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