Kwa


[kwah] /kwɑ/

adjective
1.
of, belonging to, or constituting Kwa.
noun
2.
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and other languages of coastal West Africa.
/kwɑː/
noun
1.
a group of languages, now generally regarded as a branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken in an area of W Africa extending from Côte d’Ivoire to E Nigeria and including Akan, Ewe, Yoruba, and Ibo
adjective
2.
relating to or belonging to this group of languages

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