Swo language

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"Swo" redirects here. For other uses, see SWO.
Not to be confused with So language.
Swo
So
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 1992)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3sox
Glottologsoca1235
A.82[2]

Swo is a Bantu language of the Akonolinga area,[3] Cameroon. Spellings of the name are quite variable, including So, Sso, Shwo, and Fo. One dialect has been influenced by Beti.

Demographics

Swo or Só is spoken east of Akonolinga town in the entire eastern part of Akonolinga commune (in Melan-et-Emvane canton, Nyong-et-Mfoumou department, Central Region). There are also some speakers in Messamena commune. Swo speakers are surrounded by the Beti-Fang (Mvele, Omvang, Ewondo). Swo is transitional between Beti-Fang and Meka. There were 9,000 speakers in 1992 (SIL 1992).[4]

References

  1. ^ Swo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Bryan, Margaret Arminel, compiler, The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press, 1959.
  4. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.


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