Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Languages of Gabon

Index Languages of Gabon

The official language of Gabon is French, while 32% of the people speak Fang as a mother tongue. [1]

63 relations: African French, Ali Bongo Ondimba, American Sign Language, Andrew Foster (educator), Baka language, Bantu languages, Barama language, Bekwil language, Benga language, Beti language, Bible, Bube language, Bwisi language, Duma language, Fang language, French language, French people, Gabon, Himba language, Indigenous language, Indo-European languages, Kande language, Kaning'i language, Kele–Tsogo languages, Latin alphabet, Libreville, Lingua franca, Makaa–Njem languages, Mbam languages, Mbere language, Mbete languages, National language, Ngbaka languages, Niger–Congo languages, North Teke language, Nzebi languages, Official language, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Paris, Romance languages, Sake language, Sangu language (Gabon), Sawabantu languages, Seki language, Shira language, Sighu language, Sira languages, Teke languages, The Independent, Tsaangi language, ..., Tsogo language, Ubangian languages, United States, Varieties of American Sign Language, Vili language, Vumbu language, Wanzi language, Website, West Teke language, World War II, Wumbvu language, Xinhua News Agency, Yasa language. Expand index (13 more) »

African French

African French (français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of a French language spoken by an estimated 120 million people in Africa spread across 24 francophone countries.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and African French · See more »

Ali Bongo Ondimba

Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959)"Bongo Ali", Gabon: Les hommes de pouvoir, number 4,, 5 March 2002.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Ali Bongo Ondimba · See more »

American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and American Sign Language · See more »

Andrew Foster (educator)

Andrew Jackson Foster (1925–1987) was a missionary to the deaf in Ghana, Rwanda and other countries in Africa from 1956 until his death in 1987.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Andrew Foster (educator) · See more »

Baka language

Baka (also called Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka, and Bibaya de L’est) is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Baka language · See more »

Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Bantu languages · See more »

Barama language

Varama (Barama) is a Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Barama language · See more »

Bekwil language

Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Bekwil language · See more »

Benga language

Benga is a Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Benga language · See more »

Beti language

Beti is a group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Beti-Pahuin peoples who inhabit the rain forest regions of Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Beti language · See more »

Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Bible · See more »

Bube language

Bube, Bohobé or Bube–Benga (Bobe, Bubi), is a Bantu or Bantoid language spoken by the Bubi, a Bantu people native to, and once the primary inhabitants of, Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Bube language · See more »

Bwisi language

Bwisi (also spelled Ibwisi, Mbwisi) is a language spoken mainly in the Kibangou District (Niari Region) of the Republic of Congo, next to the Gabon border, where it is also spoken by a minority.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Bwisi language · See more »

Duma language

Duma is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Duma language · See more »

Fang language

Fang is a Central African language spoken by around 1 million people in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, and the Congo Republic.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Fang language · See more »

French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and French language · See more »

French people

The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and French people · See more »

Gabon

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Gabon · See more »

Himba language

Himba (Himbaka), also known as Simba, is a moribund Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Himba language · See more »

Indigenous language

An indigenous language or autochthonous language is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people, often reduced to the status of a minority language.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Indigenous language · See more »

Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family of several hundred related languages and dialects.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Indo-European languages · See more »

Kande language

Kande is an undocumented Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Kande language · See more »

Kaning'i language

Kaningi (Kaning'i) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Kaning'i language · See more »

Kele–Tsogo languages

Kele–Tsogo is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages, coded Zone B.10–30 in Guthrie's classification.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Kele–Tsogo languages · See more »

Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet or the Roman alphabet is a writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Latin alphabet · See more »

Libreville

Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in western central Africa.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Libreville · See more »

Lingua franca

A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vernacular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Lingua franca · See more »

Makaa–Njem languages

The Makaa–Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Makaa–Njem languages · See more »

Mbam languages

The Mbam languages are a group of erstwhile zone-A Bantu languages which some lexicostatistical studies suggest are not actually Bantu, but related Southern Bantoid languages.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Mbam languages · See more »

Mbere language

Mbere (Mbede, Mbete) is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Mbere language · See more »

Mbete languages

The Mbete (Mbere) languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.60 in Guthrie's classification.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Mbete languages · See more »

National language

A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with people and the territory they occupy.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and National language · See more »

Ngbaka languages

The dozen Ngbaka languages are a family of Ubangian languages spoken in the Central African Republic and neighboring areas.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Ngbaka languages · See more »

Niger–Congo languages

The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and number of distinct languages.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Niger–Congo languages · See more »

North Teke language

North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and North Teke language · See more »

Nzebi languages

The Nzebi languages are a series of Bantu languages spoken in the western Congo and in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Nzebi languages · See more »

Official language

An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Official language · See more »

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Flag of the Francophonie The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), generally known as the Francophonie (La Francophonie), but also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English language context, is an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers), or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Organisation internationale de la Francophonie · See more »

Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Paris · See more »

Romance languages

The Romance languages (also called Romanic languages or Neo-Latin languages) are the modern languages that began evolving from Vulgar Latin between the sixth and ninth centuries and that form a branch of the Italic languages within the Indo-European language family.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Romance languages · See more »

Sake language

Shake (Sake) is an undocumented and threatened Bantu language spoken in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Sake language · See more »

Sangu language (Gabon)

Sangu (also spelled Chango, Isangu, Shango, Yisangou, and Yisangu) is a language spoken in Gabon by approximately 20,900 (2000) Masangu people.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Sangu language (Gabon) · See more »

Sawabantu languages

Sawabantu languages are a group of Bantu languages comprising most of zones A.20 and A.30 of Guthrie's classification, and most likely also part of zone A.10.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Sawabantu languages · See more »

Seki language

Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Seki language · See more »

Shira language

Shira is a Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Shira language · See more »

Sighu language

Sigu (Sighu) is an undocumented threatened Bantu language spoken in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Sighu language · See more »

Sira languages

The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Sira languages · See more »

Teke languages

The Teke languages are a series of Bantu languages spoken by the Teke people in the western Congo and in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Teke languages · See more »

The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and The Independent · See more »

Tsaangi language

Tsaangi (Tsangui) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Tsaangi language · See more »

Tsogo language

Tsogo (Getsogo) is a Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Tsogo language · See more »

Ubangian languages

The Ubangian languages form a fairly close-knit language family of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Ubangian languages · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and United States · See more »

Varieties of American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States and Canada, but has spread around the world.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Varieties of American Sign Language · See more »

Vili language

Vili (Civili) is one of the Zone H Bantu languages, grouped with the Sira clade (historically also with the Kongo clade).

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Vili language · See more »

Vumbu language

Vungu, or Vumbu, is a Bantu language of Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Vumbu language · See more »

Wanzi language

Wanzi (Wandji) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Wanzi language · See more »

Website

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Website · See more »

West Teke language

West Teke is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and West Teke language · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and World War II · See more »

Wumbvu language

Wumbvu (Wumvu) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Congo.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Wumbvu language · See more »

Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English) or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Xinhua News Agency · See more »

Yasa language

Iyasa (Yasa, Yassa) is a Bantu language of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea by Ndowe coastal fishing people.

New!!: Languages of Gabon and Yasa language · See more »

Redirects here:

Gabonese language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Gabon

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »