Ewondo language
Ewondo or Beti is the language of the Fang-Beti people (more precisely Beti be Nanga, the people of the forest, or simply Fang-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, 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 | |
|---|---|
| Beti | |
| Region | Cameroon Gabon, Guinée, Centrafrique, Congo |
Native speakers | (580,000 cited 1982) |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Cameroon |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | ewo |
| ISO 639-3 | ewo |
| Glottolog | ewon1239 |
A.72 | |
Ewondo is a Bantu language. It is a language of the Beti people (Yaunde-Fang), and is intelligible with Bulu, Eton, and Fang languages.
In 2011 there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.