Swo language

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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.

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.