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

Ngwo

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3ngn

Population  22,000 (2004 SIL).
Region  North West Province, Momo Division, Njikwa Subdivision.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 161
Alternate names   Ngwaw
Dialects  Ngwo (Nguni, Ngwaw, Miguhni, Ngunu), Konda, Basa (Bassa), Ikweri (Ekperi), Banya, Bako, Okorobi, Zang.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Momo
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRYE, Elizabeth, author. 2005. "A rapid appraisal language survey of Ngwo."  Available online