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Ewondo

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: ewo

Population	578,000 (1982 SIL).
Region	Center Province, all except the east Mefou Division; Mfoundi and Nyong-and-So divisions; south Nyong-and-Mfoumou Division; South Province, north Ocean Division.
Language maps	Southeastern Cameroon, reference number 239 Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 239
Alternate names	Ewundu, Jaunde, Yaounde, Yaunde
Dialects	Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bamvele (Mvele, Yezum, Yesoum), Bane, Beti, Fong, Mbida-Bani, Mvete, Mvog-Niengue, Omvang, Yabekolo (Yebekolo), Yabeka, Yabekanga, Enoah, Evouzok. It is intelligible with Bulu [bum], Eton [eto], Fang [fak] as part of the Beti [btb] language.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Yaunde-Fang (A.70)
Language use	Trade language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1959–1962.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

NEELEY, Paul, author. 1991. People of the drum of God, Come!: Calling the Christians in Cameroon.

NEELEY, Paul, author. 1994. "Discourse peak and poetic closure in the final stanza of a talking drum performance."

NEELEY, Paul, author. 1999. People of the Drum of God—Come!.  

Vernacular Publications

Bií agǝ́ge táŋ á ǹkɔbɔɔ́ ewondo 2. 1985.

Bií ayǝ́gǝ láŋ ewondo. 1982.

Bií ayǝ́gǝ láŋ ewondo. 1985.

Bii ayǝge taŋ a nkɔbɔɔ ewondo I. 1982.

Ntimǝ́ŋáan ǹkɔ́bɔɔ́ ewondo. 1983.