Fang language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with Fang language (Bantu).

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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Fang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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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