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Fon

Fon may refer to several related topics, including an ethnic group in West Africa, a language, and a technology company.

The Fon are an ethnic group primarily located in Benin, with communities in southern Togo. They are

Fon, also called Fongbe, is a Gbe language of the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Fon people.

Fon (company) is a technology company founded in 2006 by Martin Varsavsky that operates a global Wi-Fi

part
of
the
Gbe
language
cluster
and
constitute
one
of
the
region’s
major
groups.
The
Fon
have
a
long
historical
presence,
notably
in
the
Kingdom
of
Dahomey,
and
maintain
distinctive
cultural
traditions,
social
structures,
and
religious
practices.
The
Fon
diaspora
has
established
communities
in
urban
centers
across
West
Africa
and
beyond.
It
is
tonal
and
uses
a
Latin-based
orthography
with
diacritics.
The
language
has
several
dialects
and
is
one
of
the
major
languages
of
Benin.
It
is
related
to
other
Gbe
languages
such
as
Ewe
and
Gen,
with
some
degree
of
mutual
intelligibility.
sharing
network.
The
business
model
centers
on
users
installing
Fon-branded
routers
to
create
public
hotspots
and
sharing
a
portion
of
their
bandwidth
with
other
Fon
users.
Through
a
network
of
private
and
public
hotspots
and
various
partnerships,
the
Fon
system
provides
roaming
access
for
members
as
they
travel.