Fang language
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| Fang | ||
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| Spoken in: | Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| Total speakers: | 858,000 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Northwest A Fang |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | fan | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | fan | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Fang (pronounced /fɒŋ/) is an African language spoken by the Fang people. It is related to the Bulu language of southern Cameroon. Fang is spoken in northern Gabon, southern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
There are many different variants of Fang in Gabon and Cameroon. Key words for the Oyem area of northern Gabon include:
- Hello (for one person) = M'bolo
- Hello (for many people) = M'bolani
- Response = Am'bolo; Am'bolani
- How are you? = Y'o num vah?
- response = M'a num vah
- Where are you going = Wa kuh vay?
- I'm going home = Ma kuh Andah
- I'm going to school = Ma ke see-kolo
- I'm going for a walk = Ma ke ma woolou
- I'm hungry = Ma woh zeng
- I'm sick = Ma kwan
- I understand French = Ma wok Flacci
- I don't understand Fang = Ma wok ki Fang
- I don't speak Fang = Ma kobe ki Fang
- What did you say = Wa dzon ah dzeh?
- I said... = Ma dzon ah...
- Holy cow! = A tara dzam!
Outside resources: http://www.dicts.info/1/fang.php http://monefang.com/dico/dico.php
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