English which is viewed as being more neutral politically. Fon is regarded as the lingua franca of the southern third of Benin, which is the most densely...

Abomey mingled with the local people, thus creating a new people known as the Fon, or "Dahomey" ethnic group. This group is now the largest in Benin. Another...

Fontus or Fons (pl.: Fontes, "Font" or "Source") was a god of wells and springs in ancient Roman religion. A religious festival called the Fontinalia was...

Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also...

Indo-European language family spoken chiefly in North India, and serves as the lingua franca of the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central...

). Kumbo is the capital city of the Nso Kingdom of the Nso people. The lingua franca is Lamnso but Pidgin, English, Oku, Djottin, Fulfulde, French and...

in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former colonies of the United Kingdom (English)...

unearned gift (cf. ex gratia), not a direct result of merit. sola lingua bona est lingua mortua the only good language is a dead language Example of dog...

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...

in the northeast; the Betammaribe and the Somba in the Atacora Range; the Fon in the area around Abomey in the South Central; and the Mina, Xweda, and...