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:
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