Ewe
Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo
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Summary
Ewe is a natural language[1]. Ewe draws 2,992 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #137 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ghana[3], Togo[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Gbe[6], Kwa[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8], Ewe Braille[9]
- Commons category: Ewe language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: ee[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ewe language[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 3,000,000[13]
- Native label: Eʋegbe[14], Eʋe[15]
- Indigenous to: Greater Accra Region[16], Eastern Region[17], Volta Region[18], Togo[19], Ghana[20]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/EWE[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[23], subject–object–verb[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[25], Obelepédia[26]
- Related category: Category:Ewe pronunciation[27]
- Ghana Place Names URL: https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/languages-locations/ewe[28]
Why It Matters
Ewe has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Ewe is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]