Fon Language

Fon Language

Fon (native name Fon gbè, pronounced ) is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo languages. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin by approximately 1.7 million speakers, by the Fon people. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an analytic language with an SVO basic word order.

Read more about Fon Language:  Dialects, Phonology, Orthography

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