Awing | Ethnologue

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: azo
Alternate Names: Atembuluwe, Atembwә’wi, Awi, Bambuluwe, Mbwe’wi, Mbí̵ɨwiŋə
Autonym: Mbɨ̂wiŋə
Population: 19,000 (2001 SIL).
Location:: North West region: Mezam division, Awing-Bambaluwe village.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Dialects: None known. Related to Bafut [bfd], Bambili-Bambui [baw], Kpati [koc], Mendankwe-Nkwen [mfd], Ngemba [nge], and Pinyin [pny]. Lexical similarity: 74% with Bamukumbit [bqt].
Language Use: Used by all. Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2019.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Awing
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: North West region: Mezam division, Awing-Bambaluwe village.