🇧🇯 Country

Benin

Benin is home to 57 languages, spoken across West Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.

Capital Porto-Novo

Nationality Beninese

Currency West African CFA Franc (XOF)

Languages 57

Independence Aug 1, 1960

56 active 1 endangered 0 extinct

Where the languages are spoken

Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Benin; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.

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All languages in Benin

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