Fang language (Cameroon)

Fang
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	4,000 (2011)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid ? Western Beboid Fang; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fak
Glottolog	fang1248[2]

Fang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family.

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

References

↑ Fang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Fang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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.

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[e18-1] Fang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Fang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.