Fon language

Fon
fɔ̀ngbè
Native toBenin, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Gabon
EthnicityFon people
Native speakers
2.3 million (2019–2021)[1]
Dialects
  • Agbome
  • Arohun
  • Gbekon
  • Kpase
Latin, Gbékoun
Official status
Official language in
 Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-2fon
ISO 639-3fon
Glottologfonn1241  Fon language
Gbe languages. Fon is purple.
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PersonFon
PeopleFon-nu
Languagefɔ̀ngbè
CountryDahomey

Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē][2]) also known as Dahomean is the language of the Fon people. It belongs to the Gbe group within the larger Atlantic–Congo family. It is primarily spoken in Benin, as well as in Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Gabon, by approximately 2.28 million speakers.[1] Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language with a SVO basic word order.

  1. ^ a b Fon at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Höftmann & Ahohounkpanzon, p. 179

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