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Close vowels in Fang

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

J. Kelly
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One of the results of the sometime colonization of Africa was the concentration by linguists of various European countries on the languages of those African territories held under their suzerainty, and the neglect of languages spoken in areas ‘belonging to’ other European countries. Fang, spoken in parts of what are now Gabon and Cameroon, has not enjoyed a great deal of attention from English-speaking linguists and/or Africanists, though it holds considerable interest for both in the idiosyncrasies of the phonetic display relating to its phonological categories and configurations.

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Bulletin of SOAS , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 119 - 123
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1974

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