▁ 2 0 0 5 ) ▁gives ▁eight ▁million . ▁The ▁most ▁widely ▁spoken ▁G be ▁languages ▁are ▁E we ▁( G h ana ▁and ▁T ogo ) ▁and ▁Fon ▁( Ben in , ▁eastern ▁T ogo ) ▁at ▁four ▁million ▁and ▁ 3 ▁million ▁speak ers , ▁respectively . ▁E we ▁is ▁a ▁language ▁of ▁formal ▁education ▁for ▁secondary ▁schools ▁and ▁univers ities ▁in ▁Gh ana , ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁non - form al ▁education ▁in ▁T ogo . ▁In ▁Ben in , ▁A ja ▁( 7 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁speak ers ) ▁and ▁Fon ▁were ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁national ▁languages ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁for ▁adult ▁education ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁Classification ▁Green berg , ▁following ▁West ermann ▁( 1 9 5 2 ), ▁placed ▁the ▁G be ▁languages ▁in ▁the ▁K wa ▁family ▁of ▁the ▁Niger – C ongo ▁languages . ▁The ▁extent ▁of ▁the ▁K wa ▁branch ▁has ▁fl uct u ated ▁through ▁the ▁years , ▁and ▁Roger ▁B len ch ▁places ▁the ▁G be ▁languages ▁in ▁a ▁Vol ta – N iger ▁branch ▁with ▁former ▁East ▁K wa ▁languages ▁to ▁their ▁east . ▁ ▁G be ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁continu um . ▁Based ▁on ▁compar ative ▁research , ▁Cap o ▁( 1 9 8 8 ) ▁div ides ▁it ▁into ▁five ▁clusters , ▁with ▁each ▁cluster ▁consisting ▁of ▁several ▁mut ually ▁intellig ible ▁dialect s . ▁The ▁borders ▁between ▁the ▁clusters ▁are ▁not ▁always ▁distinct . ▁The ▁five