Foreword

 

The production of a dictionary is a community effort. We appreciate the interest expressed by the Swo people in their language.

Keith and Mary Beavon invested time in developing several languages of southern Cameroon. During 2007, colleagues of the Beavons worked briefly alongside the Swo to stimulate interest in using the language as a medium of written communication. These consisted of Elanga Ferdinand, Mvolo Jean-Eveque and Medjo François—all members of the neighboring Badwe’e people group—and of Jean-Louis Memvi, a speaker of Bulu. Jean-Louis Memvi elicited many Swo lexemes which have not yet been introduced into this lexicon.

Keith Beavon and Swo speaker Lounganang worked together in August of 2010 to develop this dictionary. There are many terms that can be added later.