Ewe

E53601

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

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ewe language 28
Ewe people 23
Ewe canonical 16

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gbe language
Niger–Congo language
language
closelyRelatedTo Aja language
Fon language
Gen language
ethnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
glottocode ewee1241
hasBibleTranslation Ewe Bible
linked to: Ewe
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
linked to: Gbe languages

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (69)

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

West Africa hasEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Kwa languages hasSubgroup Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Ga people neighboringEthnicGroups Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Togo nationalLanguage Ewe
Ewe ethnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Ewe hasBibleTranslation Ewe Bible
linked to: Ewe
Afro-Cubans ethnicOrigin Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
kente cloth associatedWithEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Accra languageSpoken Ewe
Accra ethnicGroupPresent Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
El Anatsui influencedBy Ewe culture
linked to: Ewe
Volta Region hasMajorEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Volta Region hasLanguage Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Volta Region hasEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Fon language closelyRelatedTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Dangme language hasNeighboringLanguages Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Foodo language neighboringLanguages Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Siwu language neighboringLanguages Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Lelemi language hasNeighbouringLanguage Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Gbe languages hasPart Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Gbe languages languageFamilyOf Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Gbe languages ethnolinguisticGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Ga–Dangme languages typologicallySimilarTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Vodun associatedEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Fon closelyRelatedTo Ewe
Logba language hasNeighborLanguage Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Logba language hasLanguageShiftTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Ga-Dangme neighboringEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Dangme people neighboringEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Kabye language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect partOf Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasAncestorLanguage Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect usesStandardOrthographyOf Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasConsonantInventorySimilarTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasVowelInventorySimilarTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasGrammarSimilarTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Amedzofe dialect hasLexiconLargelySharedWith Ewe language
linked to: Ewe
Aja language closelyRelatedTo Ewe language
linked to: Ewe