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Ewe
Eʋegbe
Native to
Ghana, Togo, Benin
Region
Southern Ghana east of the Volta River
Ethnicity
3.9 million Ewe in Ghana (2021 census)[1]
Native speakers
5.0 million (2013–2019)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic-Congo
Volta–Congo
Volta-Niger
Gbe
Ewe
Writing system
Latin (Ewe alphabet) Ewe Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1
ee
ISO 639-2
ewe
ISO 639-3
Variously: ewe – Ewe wci – Waci kef – Kpesi
Glottolog
ewee1241 Ewe kpes1238 Kpessi waci1239 Waci Gbe
ELP
Kpessi
Gbe languages. Ewe is in yellow.
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Person
Eʋe
People
Eʋeawó
Language
Eʋegbě
Country
Eʋenyígbá
Ewe (Eʋe or Eʋegbe[ɛβɛɡ͡bɛ])[2] is a language spoken by approximately 5 million people in West Africa, mainly in Ghana and Togo.[1] Ewe is part of a group of related languages commonly called the Gbe languages. The other major Gbe language is Fon, which is mainly spoken in Benin. Like many African languages, Ewe is tonal as well as a possible member of the Niger-Congo family.
The German Africanist Diedrich Hermann Westermann published many dictionaries and grammars of Ewe and several other Gbe languages. Other linguists who have worked on Ewe and closely related languages include Gilbert Ansre (tone, syntax), Herbert Stahlke (morphology, tone), Nick Clements (tone, syntax), Roberto Pazzi (anthropology, lexicography), Felix K. Ameka (semantics, cognitive linguistics), Alan Stewart Duthie (semantics, phonetics), Hounkpati B. Capo (phonology, phonetics), Enoch Aboh (syntax), and Chris Collins (syntax).
^ abcEwe at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Waci at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Kpesi at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Warburton, Irene; Kpotufe, Prosper; Glover, Roland Kori; Schneeberg, Nan (1968). Ewe Baisc Course (Revised ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: African Studies Program, Indiana University. p. 243.
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