Fang language

E14619
Bantu language Niger-Congo language natural language

Fang is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Fang people of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon, notable for its significant influence on local varieties of Spanish and French.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bubi language 1
Fang (fan) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
branch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic-Congo
closelyRelatedTo Beti languages ⓘ
Bulu language ⓘ
Ewondo language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fang ⓘ
family Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo
glottologCode fang1247 ⓘ
group Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue-Congo
guthrieClassification A.75 ⓘ
hasDialect Atsi ⓘ
Betsi ⓘ
Mekè ⓘ
Mvaï ⓘ
surface form: Mvaé

Mvaï ⓘ
Mveny ⓘ
Ntumu ⓘ
Nzaman ⓘ
Okak ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order ⓘ
influences Equatoguinean Spanish ⓘ
local varieties of French in Gabon ⓘ
local varieties of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
iso639-3Code fan ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
primaryUsers Fang ⓘ
surface form: Fang people
region Central Africa ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
surface form: Mainland Equatorial Guinea

Gabon ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gabon

Cameroon ⓘ
surface form: Southern Cameroon
spokenIn Cameroon ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic-Congo language ⓘ
Northwest Bantu language ⓘ
Southern Bantoid language ⓘ
subgroup Bantoid ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
lingua franca in parts of northern Gabon ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beti languages → areCloselyRelatedTo → Fang language ⓘ
Bulu language → closelyRelatedTo → Fang language ⓘ
Guinean Pidgin English → coexistsWith → Fang language ⓘ
Pichi language → coexistsWith → Fang language ⓘ
Nzaman → hasAncestor → Fang language ⓘ
Nzaman → hasISO639Macrolanguage → Fang language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fang (fan)
Beti languages → hasMember → Fang language ⓘ
Equatoguinean Spanish → influencedBy → Fang language ⓘ
Equatoguinean Spanish → influencedBy → Fang language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bubi language
Okak → isDialectOf → Fang language ⓘ
Nzaman → macroLanguage → Fang language ⓘ
Beti languages → majorLanguageVariety → Fang language ⓘ
Atsi → partOf → Fang language ⓘ
Mekè → partOf → Fang language ⓘ
Nzaman → partOf → Fang language ⓘ
Mvaï → subdivisionOf → Fang language ⓘ
Okak → subdivisionOf → Fang language ⓘ
Bube language → usedAlongside → Fang language ⓘ