ISO 639-3 · fanfan
Niger–Congo family
Fang
Fang is a language of the Northwest Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and 1 more country. Wikidata counts about 858,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Equatorial Guinea, northwest Gabon and neighbouring areas”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fan- Glottocode
fang1246- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
1scripts
8levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Fang |
|---|---|
| Also called | Fang (Equatorial Guinea), Fang language |
| All speakers | 858,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Fang
The branches above Fang, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbasBasaaNiger–Congo · 230,0005 · DevelopingetuEkoiNiger–Congo · 116,7005 · DevelopingjgoNgombaNiger–Congo · 63,0005 · Developing