Ewe

E53601

Gbe language Niger–Congo language language

Ewe is a major Niger–Congo language spoken primarily in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo by the Ewe people.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gbe language → Niger–Congo language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Aja language → Fon language → Gen language →
ethnicGroup	Ewe people →
glottocode	ewee1241 →
hasBibleTranslation	Ewe Bible →
hasFeature	advanced tongue root vowel harmony (ATR) → contrastive vowel length → isolating morphology → noun class–like agreement system → phonemic tone → prenasalized stops → serial verb constructions → subject–verb–object word order → tonal language →
hasOrthography	standardized orthography in Ghana → standardized orthography in Togo →
ISO639-1	ee →
ISO639-2	ewe →
ISO639-3	ewe →
languageFamily	Niger–Congo →
primaryRegion	southeastern Ghana → southern Togo →
region	Maritime Region of Togo → Oti Region → Volta Region →
regulatingBody	Bureau of Ghana Languages →
spokenIn	Benin → Ghana → Nigeria → Togo →
standardVariety	Amedzofe dialect → Anlo dialect → Peki dialect → Tongu dialect →
subfamily	Atlantic–Congo → Gbe → Kwa →
usedAs	lingua franca in parts of Volta Region of Ghana →
usedFor	radio broadcasting in Ghana → radio broadcasting in Togo →
usedIn	Christian liturgy in Ghana → Christian liturgy in Togo → education in Ghana → education in Togo →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gold Coast → Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ("Ewe people") →	ethnicGroups
Atlantic–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages →	includesLanguage
kente cloth ("Ewe people") →	associatedWithEthnicGroup
Ewe ("Ewe people") →	ethnicGroup
Accra ("Ewe people") →	ethnicGroupPresent
Afro-Cubans ("Ewe people") →	ethnicOrigin
Ewe ("Ewe Bible") →	hasBibleTranslation
West Africa ("Ewe people") →	hasEthnicGroup
Kwa languages ("Ewe language") →	hasSubgroup
Stonebwoy →	languageOfPerformance
Accra →	languageSpoken
Togo →	nationalLanguage
Ga people ("Ewe people") →	neighboringEthnicGroups