Fon

E171113

Gbe language Niger–Congo language language

Fon is a major Gbe language of West Africa, primarily spoken by the Fon people in Benin and neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Fon canonical	18

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gbe language ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Fon gbè ⓘ Fongbe ⓘ
belongsToCluster	Fon–Gun cluster ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Aja ⓘ Ewe ⓘ Gun ⓘ
ethnologueEntry	Fon ⓘ
feature	isolating to mildly agglutinative morphology ⓘ subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
glottocode	fong1244 ⓘ
glottologName	Fon self-link ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	fon ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	fon ⓘ
hasTonalSystem	yes ⓘ
isMajorLanguageIn	Benin ⓘ
isSpokenIn	Benin ⓘ Diaspora communities in the Americas ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
lexicalSimilarityWith	Aja ⓘ Ewe ⓘ Gun ⓘ
macrolanguageStatus	no ⓘ
name	Fon self-link ⓘ
primaryCountry	Benin ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup	Fon people ⓘ
region	Ghana ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Southern Benin ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria Togo ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
subFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic–Congo Gbe ⓘ Kwa ⓘ Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Volta–Congo
usedAs	lingua franca in southern Benin ⓘ
usedIn	Vodun religious practices ⓘ local media in Benin ⓘ music and songs ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional religion of Fon people ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benin → nationalLanguage → Fon ⓘ

Kingdom of Dahomey → primaryLanguage → Fon ⓘ

Fon → name → Fon self-link ⓘ

Fon → glottologName → Fon self-link ⓘ

Ouidah → languageUsed → Fon ⓘ

Abomey → languageUsed → Fon ⓘ

Abeokuta wars → involvedEthnicGroup → Fon ⓘ

Rada lwa → associatedWithLanguage → Fon ⓘ

Angelique Kidjo → languageOfWorkOrName → Fon ⓘ

subject surface form: Angélique Kidjo

Egun → relatedEthnicGroup → Fon ⓘ

Egun → neighboringEthnicGroup → Fon ⓘ

King Béhanzin → languageSpoken → Fon ⓘ

Dantokpa Market → languageOfName → Fon ⓘ

Fidjrossè Beach → languageUsed → Fon ⓘ

Dahomey Amazons → language → Fon ⓘ

Fon people → endonym → Fon ⓘ

Second Franco-Dahomean War → hasLanguageOfPrimarySources → Fon ⓘ

Colony of Dahomey → usedLanguage → Fon ⓘ