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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Eton

Eton

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3eto

Population  52,000 (1982 SIL).
Region  Center Province, most of Lekie Division.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 242
Alternate names   Iton
Dialects  Essele, Mvog-Namve, Mvo-Nangkok, Beyidzolo. Intelligible with Bulu [bum], Ewondo [ewo], Fang [fak] as part of the Beti [btb] language. Most similar to Mengisa [met].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Yaunde-Fang (A.70)
Language use  Also use French.