Fang language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with the Bantu Fang language of Equatorial Guinea.
Fang
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
4,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3fak
Glottologfang1248
ELPFang

Fang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.

"Fang" is the name of the village the language is spoken in.

Phonology

Fang Consonant Phonemes[2]
Labial Labiodental Dental Palatal Velar
Nasal m ɱ n̪ ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t̪ k
voiced b d̪ g
Affricate voiceless t̪s̪ tʃ kp
voiced dʒ gb
Fricative voiceless f s̪
voiced v ʒ
Approximant l̪ j w


Fang Vowel Phonemes[2]
Front Central Back
Less rounded Plain Less rounded Plain
Close i̜ i u̜ u
Close-mid e ə o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

There are three tones; high, mid, and low.

References

  1. ^ Fang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164


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