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Ewe language

Ewe language

9.9
A language spoken by the Ewe people in Ghana, Togo and Benin
  • noun
translation icon : idioma ewe
  • More than three million people speak the Ewe language across Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

Examples

  • She is fluent in both the Ewe language and English, which helps her work as a translator.

  • Academic researchers have published several books on the grammar of the Ewe language.

  • The Ewe language is rich in proverbs.

  • Many students are learning the Ewe language in school.

  • More than three million people speak the Ewe language across Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

  • Many students are learning the Ewe language in school.

  • Academic researchers have published several books on the grammar of the Ewe language.

Synonyms

Ewe
vsEwe language
9.9

A language spoken in the south of Ghana, Togo and Benin

emphasizes the language's family classification and its speaker community rather than location

Surface Forms

Ewe language singular
Ewe languages plural

Morphology

Ewe + language

The meaning is directly compositional: a proper name 'Ewe' combined with 'language' denotes the language of the Ewe people, which a learner who knows both constituents can infer. Naming languages after the people/group is a common cross-linguistic pattern, so the expression is immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the words.

Etymology

The compound noun Ewe language comes from the name of the Ewe people in Ghana, Togo and Benin. It means 'the language the Ewe people speak', so it names that specific language today.