| Name | Fon language |
| Ethnologue status | 3 Wider Communication |
| Language family | Niger–Congo languages |
| Office | |
| IETF | |
| Alphabet | Latin script |
| ISO 6391 | |
| ISO 6392 | fon |
| ISO 6393 | Variously:$#$fon –Fon$#$mxl –Maxi$#$guw –Gun$#$gbh –Defi$#$wem –Weme$#$cib –Ci |
| Speakers (people) | 1,500,000 (2003) |
| Manuscript | |
| Micronation | |
| Publisher | |
| Former country | |
| Is a dialect | Yes |