Ngwe language should not be confused with Hungworo language.
| Ngwe | |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Grassfields |
| Fam8: | Eastern Grassfields |
| Fam9: | Mbam-Nkam |
| Fam10: | Bamiléké |
| Fam11: | West Bamileke |
| Fam12: | Bamboutos |
| Iso3: | nwe |
| Glotto: | ngwe1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Ngwe |
Ngwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a Bamileke language spoken predominantly in Lebialem, Cameroon. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from the numbers of previous censuses. Its closest relatives are Yemba and Ngiemboon.
| b | c | d | e | ə | ɛ | f | g | gh | ' | h | i | j | k | kh | l | ||
| m | n | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | pf | r | s | t | ts | u | ʉ | v | w | y | z |
It has at least thirteen vowels, pronounced as //i y e ɛ æ ɐ ɑ ɔ o u ɯ ɤ ʌ//.[1] /ɤ ʌ/ are centralised. /y/ sounds somewhat like [ø] or [œ] and has a tongue position similar to that of /ɑ/, but with the jaw raised and the lips very close together.