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Ngwe
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
73,000 (2001)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Grassfields
              • Eastern Grassfields
                • Mbam-Nkam
                  • Bamiléké
                    • West Bamileke
                      • Bamboutos
                        • Ngwe
Language codes
ISO 639-3nwe
Glottologngwe1238

Ngwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a Bamileke language spoken predominantly in Lebialem, Cameroon. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from the numbers of previous censuses. Its closest relatives are Yemba and Ngiemboon.

  1. ^ Ngwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Ngwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a Bamileke language spoken predominantly in Lebialem, Cameroon. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from...

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Languages of Cameroon

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Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Nugunu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Ngwe". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Mubako". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27...

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Htay Ngwe

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Htay Ngwe (Burmese: ဌေးငွေ; born 10 August 1970) is a Burmese politician and former political prisoner currently serving as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Myaung...

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Ngwe Tar Yi

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Ngwe Tar Yi (Burmese: ငွေတာရီ, 16 February 1925 - 19 March 1959) was a Burmese woman poet and writer. She was born in Rangoon (Yangon) on February 16,...

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Myanmar Language Commission

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Pe" (deceased) San Htun, "San Htun, Man Tekkatho" (deceased) San Ngwe, "Dagon U San Ngwe" (deceased) Thaw Zin, "Thaw Zin" (deceased) Aung Thaw, Retired...

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Ngwe Kyi

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Ngwe Kyi (ငွေကြည်; born 26 March 1948) is a cartoonist and painter from Myanmar. His Lawka Hma Bya (လောကကြီးမှာဗျာ) and Myanma Yoya Hatha (မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာဟာသ...

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Ma Ngwe Taung

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Phoneme

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low as two, as in Ubykh and Arrernte. At the other extreme, the Bantu language Ngwe has 14 vowel qualities, 12 of which may occur long or short, making...

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Mya Chay Gyin Ma Ngwe Myaing

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Cardinal vowels

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cardinal vowel(s). An example of such language is Ngwe, which is spoken in Cameroon. It has been cited as a language with a vowel system that has eight vowels...

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Southern Bantoid languages

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Shwe Moe Ngwe Moe Thoon Phyo Lo Ywar

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Myanmar

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cities such as Bagan and Mrauk-U; as well as beaches in Nabule, Ngapali, Ngwe-Saung, and Mergui. Nevertheless, much of the country is off-limits to tourists...

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group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...

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