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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

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-
velar
Glottal
Plosive voiceless Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
voiced Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
prenasal Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Affricate voiceless Шаблон:IPA link
voiced Шаблон:IPA link
prenasal Шаблон:IPA link
Fricative voiceless Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
voiced Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
prenasal Шаблон:IPA link
Nasal Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link
Lateral Шаблон:IPA link
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Approximant Шаблон:IPA link Шаблон:IPA link

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

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Alphabet system

Alphabet in Ewondo
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:

See also

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Languages of Cameroon Шаблон:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B) Шаблон:Authority control