Ewondo
Ewondo is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, by about 578 thousand people.
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Ewondo also known as Beti or Cameroonian is a Bantu language spoken by the Beti people (more precisely Beti be Nanga, the people of the forest, or simply 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, Evouzom, 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, and is intelligible with Eton.
In 2011, there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.
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Words in Ewondo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mininga | |
| person | od* | |
| name | cwe* | |
| eye | is* | |
| ear | lo* | |
| nose | cwe* | |
| tooth | soN* | |
| tongue | y3m* | |
| hand | wa* | |
| blood | ki* | |
| bone | vEs* | |
| skin | kob* | |
| knee | boN* | |
| breast | bE* | |
| liver | s3g* | |
| water | məndím | |
| fire | ndoan* | |
| sun | vian* | |
| star | titie* | |
| stone | Ngwag* | |
| mountain | kol* | |
| tree | ele* | |
| leaf | kiE* | |
| night | lu* | |
| dog | mvu* | |
| fish | kwas* | |
| louse | nyin* | |
| one | fwag* | |
| two | bE* | |
| drink | nyu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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