Swo

SOX

threatened

Alternate Names: Fo, Shwo, Sô, Sso

Dialects: Emvane So, Melan So. Dialects have vocabulary and pronunciation differences, but no reported problem with mutual intelligibility. The Melan Swo dialect has been influenced by Ewondo , and Bulu ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Makaa-Njem (A.82)

Demographics: 9,000 (1992 SIL).

Language Use: Home, village. Some young people, all adults. Much intermarriage with the Beti group of languages. Children increasingly learn one of the Beti languages and French [fra]. French is used in schools and government offices. Also use Bulu [bum].

Language Development: Bible portions: 2010.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon