Adja language

• Voiced consonants /b, ɖ, j/ are heard as nasal sonorant sounds [m, n, ɲ] when followed by a nasal vowel.
• /l/ is heard as a rhotic trill [r] when after alveolar, retroflex or post-alveolar consonants.
• Sounds /s/ and /z/ are heard as post-alveolar [ʃ], [ʒ] when preceding /i/.
• Approximant sounds /l, w/ may also be nasalized as [l̃, w̃] when preceding or following nasal vowels.
• Some linguists have also attested the nasal sound [ɲ], and labialized uvular sounds, [χʷ] and [ʁʷ], as separate phonemes.[2]

• /u/ when before /i/ is heard as a labio-palatal [ɥ]. It is then nasalized as [ɥ̃] when in nasal position.[2]

Agbetɔwo pleŋu vanɔ gbɛmɛ ko vovoɖeka gbeswɛgbeswɛ, sɔto amɛnyinyi ko acɛwo gomɛ; wo xɔnɔ susunywin ko jimɛnywi so esexwe. Wo ɖo a wa nɔvi ɖaɖa wowo nɔnɔwo gbɔ.

This text is written in the Ewe language: "Wodzi amegbetɔwo katã ablɔɖeviwoe eye wodzena bubu kple gomekpɔkpɔ sɔsɔe. Susu kple dzitsinya le wo dometɔ ɖesiaɖe si eyata wodze be woanɔ anyi le ɖekawɔwɔ blibo me.ne"

In English, it roughly translates to: "Wodzi has bought some shoes, clothes, and a bag. Come and see them at her house, and if you like them, you can buy them at a discount."

This text is written in the Ewe language: "Agbetɔwo pleŋu vanɔ gbɛmɛ ko vovoɖeka gbeswɛgbeswɛ, sɔto amɛnyinyi ko acɛwo gomɛ; wo xɔnɔ susunywin ko jimɛnywi so esexwe. Wo ɖo a wa nɔvi ɖaɖa wowo nɔnɔwo gbɔ."

In English, it roughly translates to: "You are like a fruit tree planted in fertile soil, and therefore bears good fruit; your words are sweet to the ears. Your ways are pleasant and admirable."