Ewe

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See also ewe, and éwé

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1 English
2 Dutch

[edit] English

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Ewe language

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Ewe people

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[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈe.we/, /ˈe.ve/

[edit] Proper noun

Ewe

An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.

[edit] Translations

ethnic group

Chinese:

Mandarin: 埃維族 (cmn), 埃维族 (cmn) (Aīwéizǔ), 埃維人 (cmn), 埃维人 (cmn) (Aīwéirén)

Dutch: Ewe (nl) pl.
Ewe: Eʋeawo, Eʋegbetɔwo
Finnish: ewet (fi) pl.

language

Akan: Ayigbe
Chinese:

Mandarin: 埃維語 (cmn), 埃维语 (cmn) (Aīwéiyǔ)
Dutch: Ewe (nl) n.

Ewe: Eʋe, Eʋegbe
Finnish: ewe (fi)
Swedish: ewe (sv) c.

[edit] Adjective

Ewe (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

[edit] Translations

pertaining to the Ewe people or language

Chinese:

Mandarin: (people) 埃維人的 (cmn), 埃维人的 (cmn) (Aīwéirén de), (language) 埃維語的 (cmn), 埃维语的 (cmn) (Aīwéiyǔ de)

Dutch: Ewe- (nl)
Finnish: ewe- (fi); ewejen (fi) (genitive of noun), ewe-kansan (fi) (genitive of noun); ewenkielinen (fi) (of language)

[edit] See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Ewe terms

[edit] External links

ISO 639-1 code ee, ISO 639-3 code ewe (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Ewe, ewe

[edit] Anagrams

eew
wee

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Proper noun

Ewe pl.

Ewe (ethnic group)

[edit] Proper noun

Ewe n.

Ewe (language)

[edit] Anagrams

wee

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