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Benin is a Francophone country, and in 2023, French is spoken by 4.6 million people out of 13.7 million (33.68%). [3] Of the Beninese languages, Fon (a Gbe language) and Yoruba are the most important in the south of the country. In the north there are half a dozen regionally important languages, including Bariba (a Gur language) and Fulfulde.
Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē] [2]) also 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 2.28 million speakers. [1] Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language ...
Edo (with diacritics, Ẹ̀dó), colloquially and often referred to as Bini, is the language spoken by the Edo ethnic group in Edo State, Nigeria. Benin is not a language but, rather, the name of the capital city, and the name of the Kingdom. Edo language is the native tongue of the Edo people and was the primary language of the Benin Empire ...
Video in Gun language introducing Gungbe Wikipedia. Gun (Gun: gungbe) is a language in the Gbe languages group. It is spoken by the Ogu people in Benin, as well as in south-western Nigeria. [2] Gun is part of the Fon cluster of languages inside the Eastern Gbe languages; it is close to other Fon languages, especially its Agbome and Kpase ...
Language. Eʋegbě. Country. Eʋenyígbá. Ewe (Eʋe or Eʋegbe [ɛβɛɡ͡bɛ]) [2] is a language spoken by approximately 5 million people in West Africa, mainly in Ghana and Togo. [1] Ewe is part of a group of related languages commonly called the Gbe languages. The other major Gbe language is Fon, which is mainly spoken in Benin.
Bariba, also known as Baatonum, is the language of the Bariba people and was the language of the state of Borgu. The native speakers are called Baatombu (singular Baatonu), [2] Barba, Baruba, Berba and a number of various other names and spellings. It is primarily spoken in Benin, but also across the border in adjacent Kwara State and Niger ...
Benin. Language codes. ISO 639-3. ntm. Glottolog. nate1242. Nateni (Natemba) is a language of the Gurma people spoken in Benin. It is named after its principal dialect; the others are Tayari (Tayaba), Kunteni (Kuntemba), Okoni (Okoma).
Yom language. Yoruba language. Categories: Culture of Benin. Languages by country. Languages of West Africa. Hidden categories: CatAutoTOC generates no TOC. Commons category link is on Wikidata.