Fang language
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| Fang | |
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| Spoken in: | Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe |
| First language speakers: | 858,000 |
| Genetic classification: | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Yaunde-Fang (A.70). |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2: | fan |
| SIL: | FNG |
| Alternate names: | Pamue, Pahouin |
| Dialects: | Make, Ntum, Ogowe |
| Note: | Similar to Bulu language |
Fang (when pronounced properly should rhyme with 'gong') is an African language, 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 nothern 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!