Language/Ewe/Pronunciation/Alphabet
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Ewe is a language spoken by approximately 20 million people in West Africa, mainly in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and also in some other countries like Liberia and southwestern Nigeria.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio
dental |
Dental/
Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labial-
velar |
Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||||
| voiced | m ~ b | n ~ d | ɳ ~ ɖ | ŋ ~ ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | |||||||
| voiced | d͡z | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | f | s | x | ||||
| voiced | β | v | z | ɣ ~ ɰ ~ w | ʁ ~ ʕ ~ ɦ | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||
| Approximant | l ~ l̃ | ɲ ~ j | |||||||
| Tap | (ɾ ~ ɾ̃) | ||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
| Close-mid | e, ẽ | ə, ə̃ | o õ |
| Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̃ | ɔ, ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a, ã |
Orthography
The African Reference Alphabet is used.
| A a | B b | D d | Ɖ ɖ | Dz dz | E e | Ɛ ɛ | F f | Ƒ ƒ | G g | Gb gb | Ɣ ɣ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /b/ | /d/ | /ɖ/ | /d͡z/ | /e/, /ə/ | /ɛ/ | /f/ | /ɸ/ | /ɡ/ | /ɡ͡b/ | /ɣ/ |
| H h | I i | K k | Kp kp | L l | M m | N n | Ny ny | Ŋ ŋ | O o | Ɔ ɔ | P p |
| /h/ | /i/ | /k/ | /k͡p/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ |
| R r | S s | T t | Ts ts | U u | V v | Ʋ ʋ | W w | X x | Y y | Z z | |
| /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /t͡s/ | /u/ | /v/ | /β/ | /w/ | /x/ | /j/ | /z/ | |