Fang
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fang (Equatorial Guinea), Fang language
Bantu language of Equatorial Guinea, northwest Gabon and neighbouring areas
Key facts
- Native to
- Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Republic of the Congo , Cameroon , and São Tomé and Príncipe
- Ethnicity
- Fang
- Native speakers
- 1 million (2006–2013)
- Language family
- Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu ( Zone A ) Beti Fang
- Dialects
- Ntumu-Fang Okak-Fang Mekê-Fang Mvaï(mveny)-Fang Atsi-Fang Nzaman-Fang
- Iso 639 2
- fan
- Iso 639 3
- fan
- Glottolog
- fang1246
- Guthrie code
- A.75,751
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- P10369
- Volkswagen
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 858000
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Article
Fang, (/ˈfɒŋ/) also known as Gabonese or Equatoguinean, is a Central African language spoken by around one million people, most of them in Equatorial Guinea and northern Gabon, where it is the dominant Bantu language; Fang is also spoken in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and small fractions of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is related to the Bulu and Ewondo languages of southern Cameroon.
Between 1970 and 1979, Fang replaced Spanish as the main language of the administration of Equatorial Guinea under the government of Macías Nguema, although it never became official and was imposed during his term, as an attempt to "Africanize" the country.