| Language name: | EWE |
| UPSID number: | 4114 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Kwa |
| This language has | 40 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.284201774 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | ph b tDh dD kh g kp gb tDs dDz P B f v "s "z H 9 m "n nj N "l i i~ e e~ E E~ a a~ O O~ o o~ u u~ j r_[ gA |
| Comment: | Post-alveolar stop /d_/ is interpreted as an allophone of /r_[/, following Stahlke. |
| Source(s): | Berry, J. no date a. The Pronunciation of Ewe. Heffer, Cambridge. Ladefoged, P. 1968. A Phonetic Study of West African Languages, 2nd ed. Cambridge Univerity Press, Cambridge. Stahlke, H. 1971. Topics in Ewe phonology. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of California, Los Angeles. |