Fang language (Cameroon)

Fang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.

Fang
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
4,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3fak
Glottologfang1248
ELPFang

"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 ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p k
voiced b g
Affricate voiceless t̪s̪ kp
voiced gb
Fricative voiceless f
voiced v ʒ
Approximant j w


Fang Vowel Phonemes[2]
Front Central Back
Less rounded Plain Less rounded Plain
Close i 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. 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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