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Awing

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: azo

Population	19,000 (2001 SIL).
Region	North West Province, Mezam Division, Awing-Bambaluwe village.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 151
Alternate names	Awi, Bambuluwe, Mbwe’wi
Dialects	Related to Bafut [bfd], Bambili-Bambui [baw], Kpati [koc], Mendankwe-Nkwen [mfd], Ngemba [nge], Pinyin [pny]. Lexical similarity: 74% with Bamukumbit [bqt].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALOMOFOR, Christian, compiler. 2007. Awing - English dictionary and English - Awing index.

ALOMOFOR, Christian; ANDERSON, Stephen C., authors. 2005. Awing orthography guide.  

AYOTTE, Michael; LAMBERTY, Melinda, authors. 2003. "Rapid appraisal sociolinguistic survey among the NGEMBA cluster of languages: Mankon, Bambili, Nkwen, Pinyin, and Awing: Bamenda, Santa and Tubah subdivisions Mezam Division North West Province."  

BERG, Bianca van den, author. 2009. A phonological sketch of Awing.  

KRÜGER, Susanne, author. 2004. "A sociolinguistic survey of Pinyin and Awing."  

Vernacular Publications

Əkəmtə pəpó' nə́ atséebə mbɨ̂wiŋə. 2009.

Mbɔʼ ŋwu Ntsəmə a fóŋ ńkɨ́ ŋwaʼlə̂ Mbɨ̂wiŋə (Volume 1). 2008.

Póʼ Ńté Wə́kǐəjíə, Ndzaŋ Mbɔʼ Pɨ Pə́ Kɔŋ Ńkə́ Ḿbyádnə Pɨ Páʼ Pó Túg Nə́ Aghoonə́ Nəféŋə (Aŋwaʼlə Ndzéʼə). 2010.

Zé'ə mə́ fóŋ nə́ kɨ ŋwa'lə̂ mbí̵ɨwiŋə (Learn to read and write Awing). 2007.