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Language code: ee

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ee

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The table below provides technical details for the Ewe language, designated by the ee code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ee

Name

Official

Ewe

Native

Eʋegbe

Family
Atlantic-Congo
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AnloTonguAvenorKpandoHoPeki
Related languages
Gen (Mina)FonAjaGunAdangbe
Key facts
Member of the Gbe branch of the Niger–Congo familyWritten with a Latin-based script that includes special letters such as ƒ, ɖ, ŋ and ɔHas three level tones that change word meaningFrequently uses verb serialization to string several actions in one clauseThe first complete Bible translation in Ewe appeared in 1913, helping to standardise the orthography
Sample phrase

Woezɔ, efoa?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Ewe belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Atlantic-Congo subgroup. It is one of the major languages spoken in Ghana and Togo. It is written using the Latin script (Ewe alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 5 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Ghana

4M

Togo

1.3M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Ewe speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ee-GH – Ewe (Ghana)

ee-TG – Ewe (Togo)

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