Ewe is a tonal language spoken in Togo and in the southeast of Ghana about 20 million people, mainly in West Africa, in Ghana, Togo and Benin. Ewe is part of a series of related languages commonly called Gbe languages.
Ewe Language Words in English
Let us work below on Ewe words and phrases translated to English language:
| Ewe Words | in English |
| Zero | Nadɛkɛ O |
| One | Dɛka,Ɖɛka,Ɖɛka |
| Two | Eve (Ev-Ee) |
| Three | Ɛtor, Ɛtɔ̃ |
| Four | Ene |
| Five | Ator, Atɔ̃ |
| Six | Adɛ |
| Seven | Andrɛ, Adrɛ |
| Eight | Enyi |
| Nine | Ashieke (A-Shee-Kee), Asieke |
| Ten | Ewo |
| Eleven | Wideke, Wiɖeke |
| Twelve | Wieve |
| Thirteen | Wietor, Wietɔ̃ |
| Twenty | Blaeve |
| Twenty One | Blave Vor Deke, Blaeve-Vɔ-Ɖeke |
| Twenty Two | Blave Vor Eve,Blaeve-Vɔ-Eve |
| Thirty | Bla Etor, Blaetɔ̃ |
| Thirty One | Blator Vor Deka, Blaetɔ̃-Vɔ-Ɖeke |
| Forty | Bla Ene, Blaene |
| Fifty | Bla Ator, Blaatɔ̃ |
| Today | Egba |
| Tomorrow | Etsɔ |
| Tuesday | Blađa |
| Wednesday | Kuđa |
| Thursday | Yawođa |
| Friday | Fiđa |
| Saturday | Memliđa |
| Sunday | Kwasiđa |
| Food | Nududu, Nuɖuɖu |
| Cooking | Nudada, Nuɖaɖa |
| Breakfast | Ndi Nududu, Ŋdi Nuɖuɖu |
| Lunch | Ndor Nududu, Ŋdɔ Nuɖuɖu |
| Dinner | Fie Nududu, Fiɛnyi Nuɖuɖu |
| Water | Etsi (Etch-Ee), Etsi |
| Milk | Nyinotsi |
| Tea | Tí (Tea) Ti |
| Plantain | Ablajo |
| Banana | Akɔdu |
| Bread | Abolo |
| Pineapple | Atortor (A-Toh-Toh) |
| Mango | Mango |
| Cocnut | Ené |
| Maize | Ebli, Bli |
| Meat | La |
| Rice | Morlu, Mɔlu |
| Fish | Ndonui, Akpa, Tomela |
| Chicken | Kloklo, Koklo |
| Egg | Kloklodzi (Ko-Klo-Zee), Koklozi |
| Beans | Ayi |
The Ewe, people living in northeast of Ghana, south of Benin, and the southern part of Togo, speak various dialects of Ewe namely Anglo, Awuna, Hudu and Kotafoa (ibid.) Which are part of the Kwa Sudanese language group.
Many linguists have worked on various aspects of Ewe but the major work was done by Diedrich Hermann Westermann (1875-1956), a German missionary linguist who published dictionaries and grammars for Ewe and related languages.