Fon language
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.
| Fon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fɔ̀ngbè | ||||
| Native to | Benin, Nigeria, Togo | |||
| Ethnicity | Fon people | |||
| Native speakers | 2.2 million (2000–2006)e18 | |||
| Language family | ||||
| 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 | |||
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Fon Language Media
"Welcome" (Kwabɔ) in Fon at a pharmacy at Cotonou Airport in Cotonou, Benin
The Gbékoun script for Fon and other languages of the Republic of Benin. The first section consists of the 33–letter alphabet. The second is the digits 1 through 9 plus 0 (left to right). The third is punctuation marks.
