Ewe

Japanese: Ewe
Ewe

… [Nobuyuki Hashimoto]
[Residents, Society]
Just as the natural division between the savanna in the north and the tropical rainforest in the south is evident, the composition of the inhabitants is also clearly divided in terms of culture and language. The southern part is dominated by the Ewe people, who speak the Ewe language, which belongs to the Kwa language group, and live across southern Ghana and southern Benin. They are agriculturalists who cultivate maize, yams, oil palm, and cassava, and have recently introduced rice and cocoa.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ewe" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【端 信行】
[住民,社会]
 北部のサバンナと南部の熱帯雨林という自然の区分と同じように,住民の構成も文化的にも言語系統の点でもはっきりと二分される。南部を代表するのはクワ語群に属するエウェ語を話すエウェ族Eweで,ガーナ南部やベニン南部にもまたがって居住している。トウモロコシ,ヤムイモ,アブラヤシ,キャッサバを栽培する農耕民で,最近ではイネやカカオも導入している。…

※「Ewe」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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