Ewe language
| Ewe
|
| Spoken in:
| Ghana, Togo
|
| Region:
| Southeast corner of Ghana, southern Togo
|
| Total speakers:
| 2.5 Million, 3 Million including second language speakers
|
| Ranking:
| not in top 100
|
Genetic
classification:
| Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa
Left Bank
Gbe
Ewe
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| Official status
|
| Official language of:
| --
|
| Regulated by:
| --
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| Language codes
|
| ISO 639-2 | ewe
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| SIL | EWE
|
Ewe is a Niger-Congo language spoken in Ghana and Togo. Ewe is a tonal language, part of a dialect continuum commonly called Gbe. Other Gbe languages include Fon, Gen, Aŋlo, Aja and Gũ.
Ewe is one of the better documented languages of Africa, partly due to the massive work of Westermann, who published many dictionaries and grammars of Ewe and several other Gbe languages. Other linguists that have worked on Ewe include Gilbert Ansre (tone, syntax), Hounkpati B. Capo (phonology, phonetics), Herbert Stahlke (morphology, tone), Roberto Pazzi (anthropology, lexicography), Felix K. Ameka (semantics, cognitive linguistics) and Alan Stewart Duthie (semantics, phonetics).
Ewe uses the following alphabet in the orthography
A a
B b
D d
Ð ɖ
E e
Ɛ ɛ
F f
Ƒ ƒ
G g
Ɣ ɣ
H h
I i
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n
Ŋ ŋ
O o
Ɔ ɔ
P p
R r
S s
T t
U u ũ
V v
Ʋ ʋ
W w
X x
Y y
Z z
