Editing Fon language (section)

{{Short description|Gbe language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Fon
| nativename       = ''fɔ̀ngbè''
| states           = [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Togo]]
| ethnicity        = [[Fon people]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|2.280400|2}} million
| date             = 2019–2021
| ref              = e26
| dia1             = Agbome
| dia2             = Arohun
| dia3             = Gun
| dia4             = Gbekon
| dia5             = Kpase
| familycolor      = Niger-Congo
| fam2             = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam3             = [[Volta-Congo]]
| fam4             = [[Volta–Niger languages|Volta–Niger]]
| fam5             = [[Gbe languages|Gbe]]
| iso2             = fon
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]], [[Gbékoun script|Gbékoun]]
| iso3             = fon
| lc1              = 
| ld1              = 
| lc2              = 
| ld2              = Maxi
| lc3              = 
| ld3              = 
| lc4              = 
| ld4              = 
| lc5              = 
| ld5              = 
| lc6              = 
| ld6              = 
| glotto           = fonn1241
| glottoname       = Fon language
| glottorefname    = Fon
| notice           = IPA
| nation           = {{BEN}}
| map              = Gbe languages.png
| mapcaption       = Gbe languages. Fon is purple.
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|person= Fon|people= [[Fon people|Fon-nu]]|language= fɔ̀ngbè|country= [[Dahomey]]}}

'''Fon''' ({{lang|fon|fɔ̀ngbè}}, {{IPA|ee|fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē|pron}}<ref>Höftmann & Ahohounkpanzon, p. 179</ref>) also known as '''Dahomean''' is the language of the [[Fon people]]. It belongs to the [[Gbe languages|Gbe]] group within the larger [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] family. It is primarily spoken in [[Benin Republic]], as well as in [[Nigeria]] and [[Togo]] by approximately 2.3 million speakers.<ref name=e26/> Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an [[isolating language]] with a [[subject–verb–object|SVO]] basic word order.