Dialects include Badjia (Bakjo), Bafeuk, Bemvele (Mvele, Yezum, Yesoum), Bane, Beti, Enoah, Evouzom, Mbida-Bani, Mvete, Mvog-Niengue, Omvang, Yabekolo (Yebekolo), Yabeka, and Yabekanga.
Ewondo speakers live primarily in Cameroon's Centre Region and the northern part of the Océan division in the South Region.
In 2011 there was a concern among Cameroonian linguists that the language was being displaced in the country by French.
[3] Ewondo (Beti) covers the whole of the departments of Mfoundi, Mefou-et-Afamba, Mefou-et-Akono, Nyong-et-So'o, Nyong-et-Mfoumou (Central Region), and part of Océan Department (Southern Region).
[4] The Ewondo language originated in the forests south of the Sanaga river.