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Fang

Bantu language of Equatorial Guinea, northwest Gabon and neighbouring areas
Intangible modern_language Q33484
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Summary

Fang is a modern language[1]. Fang draws 999 Wikipedia views per month (modern language category, ranking #20 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Cameroon[3], Republic of the Congo[4], Equatorial Guinea[5], Gabon[6], São Tomé and Príncipe[7]
  • Subclass of: Beti[8]
  • Writing system: Latin script[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fang (Guinea) language[10]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 858,000[11]
  • Different from: Fang[12]
  • Indigenous to: East[13], South[14], Estuaire Province[15], Moyen-Ogooué Province[16], Ngounié Province[17], Ogooué-Ivindo Province[18], Woleu-Ntem Province[19], Equatorial Guinea[20]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FAN[21]
  • Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[23]

Why It Matters

Fang has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Fang is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe Teodoro Obiang

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 663
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 663, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7326598|Fang (#7326598)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 2d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Language", "Fang"]
    Interlingual index id → i73392
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 07005589-n
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ast', 'azb', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Language", "Fang"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53945150|Fang (#53945150)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1451|"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea +2
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → East, South, Estuaire Province +5
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007567953205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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