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Not to be confused with the Bantu Fang language of Equatorial Guinea.

Fang
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	4,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Western Beboid (geographic) Fang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fak
Glottolog	fang1248
ELP	Fang

Fang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.

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

Phonology

Fang Consonant Phonemes

		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

	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

• Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009. 'Reassessing Western Beboid'. Bantu III.
• Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008. 'Western Beboid and African language classification'. LSA.
• https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jcgood/Mve-2013-Fang.pdf