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Preferred term

eweEwe  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Ewe (Èʋe or Èʋegbe ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken in Ghana, Togo and Benin by approximately three million people. Ewe is part of a cluster of related languages commonly called Gbe, spoken in southeastern Ghana, Togo, and parts of Benin. Other Gbe languages include Fon, Gen, Phla Phera, and Aja. Like other Gbe languages, Ewe is a tonal language.

Entry terms

  • Ewe language

ISO 639-1 code

  • ee

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • ewe

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • ewe

ISO 639-3 code

  • ewe

Notation

  • ewe

In other languages

  • éwé

    French

  • Ewe
  • Ewe

    German

  • Ewe-Sprache
  • ewe

    Italian

  • Lingua ewe
  • ewe

    Portuguese

  • eve
  • Língua ewe
  • ewe

    Spanish

  • Idioma ewé

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ewe

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