Ewe (African people)
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Name (Hebrew)
אווה (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Ewe (African people)
Other forms of name
Bayikpe (African people)
Bubutubi (African people)
Ehwe (African people)
Eibe (African people)
Eve (African people)
Evhe (African people)
Krepe (African people)
Krepi (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Africa, West
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q732317
Library of congress:
sh 85046042
Sources of Information
- Riviere, C. Union et procreation en Afrique, 1990.
- African ethonyms and toponyms:p. 153 (Ewe (Ewegbe, Bubutubi, Bayikpe, Evhe))
- Ethnologue:p. 330 (Ewe (Eibe, Ehwe, Eve, Krepe, Krepi))
- Voegelin lang.:p. 134.
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Wikipedia description:
The Ewe people (; Ewe: Eʋeawó, lit. "Ewe people"; or Mono Kple Amu (Volta) Tɔ́sisiwo Dome, lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; Eʋenyígbá Eweland) are a Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in Ghana (6.0 million), and the second largest population is in Togo (3.1 million). They speak the Ewe language (Ewe: Eʋegbe) which belongs to the Gbe family of languages. They are related to other speakers of Gbe languages such as the Fon, Gen, Phla/Phera, Ogu/Gun, Maxi (Mahi), and the Aja people of Togo and Benin.
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