Fon language

Fon
Fon
fɔ̀ngbè
Native to	Benin, Nigeria, Togo
Ethnicity	Fon people
Native speakers	2.2 million (2000–2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Gbe Fon; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-2	fon
ISO 639-3	Variously:; fon – Fon; mxl – Maxi; guw – Gun; gbh – Defi; wem – Weme; cib – Ci
Glottolog	east2711 split up in Eastern Gbe
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Fon is part of the Gbe language cluster. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin. There are about 1.7 million speakers. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon has a subject–verb–object word order.

References change

↑ Fon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Maxi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Defi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Weme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ci at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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[e18-1] Fon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Maxi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Gun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Defi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Weme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ci at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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