Ewondo

Ewondo is a Bantu language with about half a million speakers in Cameroon. There are about 100,000 native speakers in and around Yaunde (Yaoundé) the capital of Cameroon. Some 470,000 additional people use Ewondo as a second language in southern Cameroon, where it serves as a lingua franca.

Ewondo alphabet and pronunciation

Notes

The second pronunciations of M and N are used when they appear before consonants in free-standing syllables.
On its own, the letter P is used in loanwords, especially words from French
The letter R is only used in loanwords, and is often replaced by L.

Ewondo is a tonal language with five tones, though they are often omitted from writing. The high tone is marked with an acute accent (á), and the low tone is only marked in nasal syllables with a grave accent (à). The tones can be combined: high-low, marked by a circumflex (â), and low-high, marked by a caron (ǎ). There is also a middle tone that is unmarked.

Download an alphabet chart for Ewondo (Excel)

Information about Ewondo compiled by Wolfram Siegel

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Links

Information about the Ewondo languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewondo_language

Information about languages in Cameroon
http://www.linguistik-online.de/18_04/echu.html

Bantu languages

Bangi, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Bhaca, Bube, Bukusu, Bulu, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Chuwabu, Comorian, Digo, Duala, Eton, Ewondo, Fang, Ganda/Luganda, Gogo, Gusii, Gwere, Haya, Hehe, Herero, Ibinda, Ikizu, Ikoma, Jita, Kamba, Kiga, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisi, Kogo, Kongo, Konjo, Koti, Kukuya, Kunda, Kuria, Lambya, Lingala, Loma, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luchazi, Lunda, Luvale, Makaa, Makonde, Makhuwa, Mandekan, Maore, Masaaba, Mbukushu, Mbunda, Mende, Mongo, Mushungulu, Mwani, Nambya, Nande, Ngoni, Nkore, North Teke, Northern Ndebele (South Africa), Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Northern Sotho, Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Nyemba, Nyole, Nyungwe, Nzadi, Oroko, OshiWambo, Pagibete, Punu, Ronga, Safwa, Sena, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Songe, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Sukuma, Swahili, Swati, Tanga, Tembo, Tonga, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswa, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Vwanji, Xhosa, Yao, Yasa, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 13.07.22

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