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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ewe language 28
Ewe people 23
Ewe canonical 16

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gbe language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Aja language ⓘ
Fon language ⓘ
Gen language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ewe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ewe people
glottocode ewee1241 ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation Ewe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 languages ⓘ
surface form: 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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Gbe languages ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Kwa languages → hasSubgroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Ga people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Togo → nationalLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
Gold Coast → ethnicGroups → Ewe ⓘ
Ewe → ethnicGroup → Ewe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Ewe → hasBibleTranslation → Ewe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe Bible
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
Stonebwoy → languageOfPerformance → Ewe ⓘ
Afro-Cubans → ethnicOrigin → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
kente cloth → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Accra → languageSpoken → Ewe ⓘ
Accra → ethnicGroupPresent → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration → ethnicGroups → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
El Anatsui → influencedBy → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe culture
El Anatsui → languageOfWorkOrName → Ewe ⓘ
Tsévié → languageSpoken → Ewe ⓘ
Volta Region → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Volta Region → hasLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Volta Region → hasEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Fon language → closelyRelatedTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Dangme language → hasNeighboringLanguages → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Nawuri language → usedAlongside → Ewe ⓘ
Foodo language → neighboringLanguages → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Siwu language → neighboringLanguages → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Anii language → hasNeighborLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
Lelemi language → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Gbe languages → hasPart → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Gbe languages → languageFamilyOf → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Gbe languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Ga–Dangme languages → typologicallySimilarTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Vodun → associatedEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Fon → closelyRelatedTo → Ewe ⓘ
Logba language → hasNeighborLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Logba language → hasLanguageShiftTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Ga-Dangme → neighboringEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Kabiye → neighboringLanguages → Ewe ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe → neighboringEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
Dangme people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Kabye language → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → partOf → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → hasAncestorLanguage → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → usesStandardOrthographyOf → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → hasEthnicGroup → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe people
Amedzofe dialect → hasConsonantInventorySimilarTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → hasVowelInventorySimilarTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → hasGrammarSimilarTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Amedzofe dialect → hasLexiconLargelySharedWith → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language
Aja language → closelyRelatedTo → Ewe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ewe language