So (language, Cameroon)

So
Spoken in	Cameroon
speaker	9000
Linguistic ; classification	Niger Congo Languages Benue Congo languages Bantoid languages Bantu languages So ;
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-
ISO 639 -2	-
ISO 639-3	sox

So (also Fo, Shwo and Sso) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 9,000 people in Cameroon (1992 census).

It is widespread in Nyong-et-Mfoumou district in Center province and sporadically in Haut-Nyong district in Est province .

classification

So is a Northwest Bantu language and belongs to the Makaa-Njem group , which is classified as Guthrie Zone A80.

It has the dialects Melan So and Emvane So. Melan So is influenced by the languages Beti , Ewondo and Bulu .