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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a group of Negro peoples of the Slave Coast, West Africa. By the natives their country is called Ewe-me, "Land of the Ewe." The Ewe family forms five linguistic groups: the Anlo or Anglawa on the Gold Coast frontier, the Krepi of Anfueh speech, the Jeji, the Dahomeyans and the Mahi.

See further Dahomey, and A. B. Ellis, The Eke-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast.. . (London, 1890).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ewe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/ewe.html. 1910.
 
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