ABSTRACT
Ewe proper, spoken by the peoples with which this study is concerned, comprises two main groups of dialects : A gb and those of the Western Interior of Togoland. It is part of a dialect cluster for which Westermann has used the term Ewe in a broad sense and for which Bertho has proposed the term Adja. This larger linguistic entity includes the following dialects1 :—
Dialect (a) Ewe Proper : (i) Agio, with Glidyi
(ii) Western Interior Dialects (b) Watyi (Central Interior) (c) Gs ................................................. (d) A d j a ................................................. (e) F5, with Aizo, Kotafo, etc................ (/) Gü (and Popo of Nigeria) (g) M a h i ................................................. (h) Peda and Hula (=Popo of Dahomey) (i) Agöglin.................................................
