Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē]) also known as Dahomean is the language of the Fon people. It belongs to the Gbe group within the larger Atlantic–Congo...

about 3,500,000 people, and they speak the Fon language, a member of the Gbe languages. The history of the Fon people is linked to the Dahomey kingdom,...

chemistry mnemonic "FON", used for determining which elements hydrogen forms hydrogen bonds with. Fon language, spoken by the Fon people Funding Opportunity...

The King of Dahomey (Ahosu in the Fon language) was the ruler of Dahomey, a West African kingdom in the southern part of present-day Benin, which lasted...

vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are commonly called...

substratum language(s)) was central in the development of Haitian Creole. The Fon language, also known as the Fongbe language, is a modern Gbe language native...

"village language/speech"), also known as Gelong (仡隆语 / 哥隆语) or Ngan-Fon, is a Kra–Dai language spoken on Hainan Island. It is a part of the Hlai languages branch...

exception, as some people 'consider Alada and the Fon language Gun to be one and the same language'. In the early nineties, the Summer Institute of Linguistics...

ways, including Danxome, Danhome, and Fon. The name Fon relates to the dominant ethnic and language group, the Fon people, of the royal families of the...

century and earlier. Vlach claimed the name may have originated from a Dahomey Fon area term to-gun, which means 'place of assembly'. The description, probably...

and have registration numbers on the back. The name derives from the Fon language, in which zémidjan means "get me there fast" or "take me quickly". Would-be...

The Dahomey Amazons (Fon: Agojie, Agoji, Mino, or Minon) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in today's Benin, West Africa)...

official capital. The name "Cotonou" means "by the river of death" in the Fon language. At the beginning of the 19th century, Cotonou (then spelled "Kutonou")...

national language of Benin. Porto-Novo was once a tributary of the Yoruba Oyo Empire, which had offered it protection from the neighbouring Fon, who were...

derive from the Fon language of West Africa; this includes the word Vodou itself. First recorded in the 1658 Doctrina Christiana, the Fon word Vôdoun was...

Dahomey Kingdom which is near present-day Nigeria. Vodu is from the Fon language of Dahomey and means "god" or "spirit". Vodu and was the religion for...

Fôn (born 27 August 1954) is a Welsh actor and singer-songwriter. He also became the first artist to play live on BBC Radio Cymru in 1977. Bryn Fôn was...

French. After remarking that the flag of the tricolour would protect him, the Fon commanded one of his Dahomey Amazons to behead him and wrap his head in the...

for its heavy Afro-Brazilian characteristics. The name bobó comes from the Fon word bovô. Like many similar dishes, it is flavored with palm oil, called...

The Royal Palaces of Abomey are a group of earthen structures built by the Fon people between the mid-17th and late 19th Centuries. One of the most famous...

community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions were soon created: the German and Catalan...

resembles the scarred Dahomey Amazons or Mino, meaning 'Our Mothers' in the Fon language). It was a mixing of the traditions of the army of the Dahomey, which...

the Ewe language (Ewe: Eʋegbe) which belongs to the Gbe family of languages. They are related to other speakers of Gbe languages such as the Fon, Gen, Phla/Phera...

(French: République du Dahomey; pronounced [daɔmɛ]), simply known as Dahomey (Fon: Danhomè), was established on 4 December 1958, as a self-governing colony...

Sign Language, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Aja-Gbe: Benin (a national language along with Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo...

multi-party Republic of Benin. The official language of Benin is French, with indigenous languages such as Fon, Bariba, Yoruba and Dendi also spoken. The...

Fon lyrics Yoruba lyrics Hanyìyi: Benin tó vì lè mì, mi sité! Oó mi sité b’á nyi mi désú. Ayi dò hùnhon dayi Djiwè mi bo fon. I Hein sin hwéxónú wè yôlô...

sugarcane molasses and cooked over an open fire called kpodógbà or kpógbà in Fon. This West African dish that was eaten as a slave food in Brazil was adapted...

Toussaint's parents. Growing up, Toussaint first learned to speak the African Fon language of the Allada slaves on the plantation, then the Creole French of the...

rulers.org/benitrad.html https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Benin_native.html Benin Fon people List of rulers of the Fon state of Alada Lists of office-holders...