Ngwo is member of the Southern Bantoid group of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 22,000 people in the Njikwa subdivion in north of the Momo Department in the southwest of the Northwest REgion of Cameroon. In particular, Ngwo is spoken in the villages of Bako, Bakwa (Okorobi), Banya, Basa, Ekwebo, Ekweri, Konda and Ngwo, each of which has its own dialect.
Ngwo is also known as Engwo, Ngwaw or Ngwɔ. The area where the language is spoken is called Ngwo, while the language itself is known as Engwo by native speakers. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Ngwo (Excel)
Details of the Ngwo alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)
Bɔ Ngwo mane abɔ tsɛrɛ byɛ e ma ga atso' yɛ a ma ke ko'ko’ ne atso’o Ngwo ngɛ a ze'e a Widikum afwɔ a ma zɔ'rɔ kpe Tadkɔn. Ekumu abɛ Ngwo a ze'e ene ekumu ŋwɔ mbembe etɛ sam bɔ Nkwedi mane eye mɔ Ekpabyɛ. Aŋu angɔ nyii abɛ Ngwo nyɛrɛ ze'e Andek Ngie me fɔɔ anji Mbe ngɛ, angɔ be bwɔanɔm tɛd, Ngwo, Etse mane Afli.
Source: https://ngwo.ethnosites.com/njj/mbo-bo/aŋu-abɛ-ngwo-a-klada-ngɛ
Speakers of Engwo and related dialects all trace their origin to the Widikum (Tadkon) ethnic group. The village name of the reference dialect (Ngwo) was taken from the first son of the founding ancestor Nkwedi and his wife Ekpàbye. When they entered the village from Andek-Ngie through Mbe, they gave birth to three sons: Ngwo, Etse and Afli.
Source: https://ngwo.ethnosites.com/en/about-us/origin-of-ngwo
Information about Ngwo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngwo_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngwo_(langue)
https://www.webonary.org/engwo/overview/introduction/
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ngwo1241
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/ngn
https://ngwo.ethnosites.com/en/about-us/origin-of-ngwo
Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Ngwo, Noni, Nizaa, Pinyin, Saari, Tiv, Vute, Weh, Yambeta
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 19.08.23. Last modified: 19.08.26
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