Ewondo language
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Ewondo is the language of the Ewondo people of Cameroon. The language had 577,700 native speakers in 1982. Ewondo is a trade language. Dialects include Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bamvele (Mvele, Yezum, Yesoum), Bane, Beti, Enoah, Evouzok, Fong, Mbida-Bani, Mvete, Mvog-Niengue, Omvang, Yabekolo (Yebekolo), Yabeka, and Yabekanga. Ewondo speakers live primarily in Cameroon's Centre Province and the northern part of the Océan division in the South Province.
Ewondo is a Bantu language. It is part of the Yaunde-Fang language group. It is intelligible with Bulu, Eton, and Fang.
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- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. "Ewondo: A Language of Cameroon". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Accessed 2 June 2006.