Ewondo

EWO

wider communication

Alternate Names: Ewundu, Jaunde, Yaounde, Yaunde

Dialects: Badjia (Bakja, Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bamvele (Mvele, Yesoum, Yezum), Bane, Beti, Enoah, Evouzok, Fong, Mbida-Bani, Mvete (Mvele), Mvog-Niengue, Omvang, Yabeka, Yabekanga, Yabekolo (Yebekolo), Yangafek. It is intelligible of Bulu ,, Eton ,, and Fang , as part of the Beti group.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Ewondo-Fang (A.72)

Demographics: 578,000 (1982 SIL).

Language Use: Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Elip [ekm], Gbaya-Mbodomo [gmm], Gyele [gyi], Mmaala [mmu], Mpumpong [mgg], Nubaca [baf], Yangben [yav].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1959–1962.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon