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Language code: ewe

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ewe

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The table below provides technical details for the Ewe language, designated by the ewe code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ewe

Name

Official

Ewe

Native

Eʋegbe

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Anlo (Aŋlɔ)Tongu (Tɔŋu)Vedome (Ʋedome)Ho (Hó)Kpando
Related languages
FonGen (Mina)AjaGunDangme (Adaŋgme)
Key facts
Ewe is a tonal language with high, mid and low tonesThe standard orthography uses the Latin script plus special letters such as Ƒ/ƒ, Ŋ/ŋ and digraphs like dz, tsSerial-verb constructions are frequent, allowing several verbs to appear in one clause without conjunctionsNouns form plurals by attaching the enclitic wo rather than changing their stemRich sets of ideophones convey vivid sensory impressions in storytelling and proverbs.
Sample phrase

Woezɔ, eƒoa?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Ewe language, identified by the code ewe, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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