Editing Fang language (section)

===Vowels===

Fang has seven vowels, each of which can have short or long realizations.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Vowel Phonemes
|-
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]] ([[Vowel length|short/long]])!! [[Back vowel|Back]] (short/long)
|-
![[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} ({{IPA link|ĩ}})
| {{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} ({{IPA link|ũ}})
|-
![[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
| {{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}} ({{IPA link|ẽ}})
| {{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} ({{IPA link|õ}})
|-
![[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
| {{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}} ({{IPA link|ɛ̃}})
| {{IPA link|ɔ}} {{IPA link|ɔː}} ({{IPA link|ɔ̃}})
|-
![[Open vowel|Open]]
|colspan="2" |{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}} ({{IPA link|ã}})
|}

[[Nasal vowel]]s are allophones of the respective oral vowels, when followed by a nasal consonant {{IPA|[ŋ]}} or {{IPA|[ɲ]}}. Words cannot start with {{IPA|[ɛ]}}, {{IPA|[i]}}, {{IPA|[ɔ]}} or {{IPA|[u]}}.

====Diphthongs====
Diphthongs can be a combination of any vowel with {{IPA|[j]}} or {{IPA|[w]}}, as well as {{IPA|[ea]}}, {{IPA|[oe]}}, {{IPA|[oa]}}, {{IPA|[ua]}}.