Fon

fɔ̀ngbè

Fon is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Benin and Togo, by about 1.9 million people.

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Fon · 7.2°N 1.7°E

Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē]), also historically known as Dahomean, is the language of the Fon people. It belongs to the Gbe group within the larger Atlantic–Congo family. It is primarily spoken in Benin, as well as in Nigeria and Togo by approximately 2.3 million speakers. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language with a SVO basic word order.

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Written down

Acɛ, susu kpo sisi ɖokpo ɔ kpo wɛ gbɛtɔ bi ɖo ɖò gbɛwiwa tɔn hwenu; ye ɖo linkpɔn bɔ ayi yetɔn mɛ kpe lo bɔ ye ɖo na do alɔ yeɖee ɖi nɔvinɔvi ɖɔhun.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Fon

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	nyɔ̆nù
person	mE*
name	5iko*
eye	nunkkun*
ear	to*
nose	aontin*
tooth	a8u*
tongue	8E*
hand	alo*
blood	xun*
bone	xu*
skin	agbaza*
liver	fijo*
water	sḭ̀
fire	myo*
sun	xwe*
star	sunvi*
stone	kpe*
mountain	so*
tree	atin*
leaf	ama
night	zan*
dog	agla
cat	awii
fish	xwevi*
louse	jo*
one	8okpo*
two	we*
I	5E*
you	xwE*