Fon (native name FÉ”ngbe) is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Kwa sub-family of the Niger-Congo languages. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin by approximately 1.7 million speakers. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language with an SVO basic word order. The Gbe languages form a cluster of about 20 related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria. ... The Kwa languages are spoken in the south-eastern part of Côte dIvoire, in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the south-Western corner of Nigeria. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... SVO is an acronym for several terms: SVO denotes the sequence Subject Verb Object in Linguistic typology. ...
Fon Milikin and Fon Alad are primarily agricultural, and are almost uninhabited except during the hot season.
Fon Mar is an odd mix of mining, forestry, commercial centre, and uninhabited land.
The Empire of Fon recognizes the High and Low Imperial languages, and many of the educated in Fon speak this language, although the language of Fon is significantly different.
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