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Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon

Ngwo
Ngwɔ
Pronunciation	ŋɡwɔ
Region	Cameroon
Native speakers	22,000 (2004)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Momo Ngwo
Dialects	Konda Basa
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ngn`
Glottolog	`ngwo1241`

Ngwo (Ngwɔ) is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. The Konda and Basa varieties are perhaps divergent enough to be considered distinct languages.

References

Ngwo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Various recordings of Ngwo in the UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive

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Grassfields languages

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku
Southern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi
Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa
Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba
Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Metaʼ (Moghamo)
Ngamambo
Mundani
Ngie (Mengum)
Ngoshie
Ngwo (Basa, Konda)
Njen
Amasi

Others

Viti
? Ndemli
? Ambele
? Menchum (Befang)

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