Fang | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | 4,000 (2011) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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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.
Labial | Labiodental | Dental | Palatal | Velar | ||
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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 |
Front | Central | Back | |||
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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.