| Ewondo | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Cameroon |
| Native speakers | unknown (578,000 cited 1982) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | ewo |
| ISO 639-3 | ewo |
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 Region and the northern part of the Océan division in the South Region.
Ewondo is a Bantu language. It is part of the Yaunde-Fang language group. It is intelligible with Bulu, Eton, and Fang.
In 2011 there was a concern amongst Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.[1]