Niger-Congo family
Ewe
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Ewe (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kwa → Ewe.
See Ewe on the interactive map- Speakers
- 7M (7,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- ewe
- Glottocode
- ewee1241
Gbe language of southeastern Ghana and southern Togo.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
- Proto-Kwac. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Ewec. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Kwa.