Gbe

noun

: a continuum of West African dialects traditionally classified in the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo and including Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Fon in Benin

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from gbè, meaning "speech, language" in most Gbe dialects

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