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Languages

Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.

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Eman languageEman is a Tivoid language of Cameroon. The rather divergent dialects are Eman proper and Amanavil.
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule.
Esimbi languageEsimbi is a Tivoid language of southwestern Cameroon. It is also called Isimbi, Simpi, Age, Aage, Bogue and Mburugam.
Eton languageEton, or Ìtón, is a Bantu language spoken by the Eton people of Cameroon.
Evant languageEvant has and efforts are currently underway to document and preserve it.
Ewondo languageEwondo also known as Beti or Cameroonian is a Bantu language spoken by the Beti people (more precisely Beti be Nanga, the people of the forest, or simply Beti) of Cameroon. The language had 577,700 native speakers in 1982. Ewondo is a trade language.