Английская Википедия:Ewondo language
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Ewondo or Beti is the language of the Fang-Beti people (more precisely Beti be Nanga, the people of the forest, or simply Fang-Beti) of Cameroon. The language had 577,700 native speakers in 1982. Ewondo is a trade language. Dialects include Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bemvele (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 a language of the Beti people (Yaunde-Fang), and is intelligible with Bulu, Eton, and Fang languages.
In 2011 there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.[1]
Distribution
Ewondo (Beti) covers the whole of the departments of Mfoundi, Mefou-et-Afamba, Mefou-et-Akono, Nyong-et-So'o, Nyong-et-Mfoumou (Central Region), and part of Océan Department (Southern Region).[2]
History
The Ewondo language originated in the forests south of the Sanaga river.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | Шаблон:IPA link | Шаблон:IPA link | |
| Close-mid | Шаблон:IPA link | Шаблон:IPA link | Шаблон:IPA link |
| Open-mid | Шаблон:IPA link | Шаблон:IPA link | |
| Open | Шаблон:IPA link |
Alphabet system
| Uppercase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | D | Dz | E | Ə | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | H | I | K | Kp | L | M | Mb | Mgb | Mv | N | Nd | Ndz | Ng | Ny | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | P | R | U | T | Ts | S | V | W | Y | Z |
| Lowercase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | d | dz | e | ə | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | k | kp | l | m | mb | mgb | mv | n | nd | ndz | ng | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | u | t | ts | s | v | w | y | z |
| Phonemes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | b | d | d͡z | e | ə | ɛ | f | ɡ | ɡ͡b | h | i | k | k͡p | l | m | m͡b | mɡ͡b | ɱ͡v | n | n͡d | nd͡z | ŋ͡ɡ | ɲ | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | u | t | t͡s | s | v | w | j | z |
The tones are indicated with diacritics on the vowels:
- the high tone is indicated with an acute accent: Шаблон:IPA;
- the mid tone is indicated with a macron: Шаблон:IPA;
- the low tone, the most frequent tone, is indicated by the absence of diacritics: Шаблон:IPA;
- the rising tone is indicated with a caron: Шаблон:IPA;
- the falling tone is indicated with a circumflex: Шаблон:IPA.
See also
References
External links
Шаблон:Languages of Cameroon Шаблон:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B) Шаблон:Authority control
