ABSTRACT
Besides Ewe speakers Eweland also contains Yoruba and northern immigrants (mainly Mossi and Dagomba), some of whom have been settled there for a long time. The Yoruba group stretches across to Atakpame in the north of the area, and there are isolated groups of Yoruba in most of the coastal towns. In addition, here and there, especially in the north-west of the country, along the Volta and among the Yoruba settlers, there are groups of people who claim to be the descendants of autochthonous pre-Ewe groups or of later migrants, and who in many cases are bi-lingual, retaining their own vernacular and using Ewe as a lingua franca. There are other groups in the same area which, in their turn, have been half assimilated into the Akan group, most of their members being bi-lingual and much of their cultural and social life showing Akan influence.
