Five different dialects of Gbe (at that time called the Ewé Language-Field) were already distinguished by Schlegel, notes Robert Needham Cust in his Modern Languages of Africa (1883).
Fem olika dialekter av gbespråk (som vid denna tid kallades Ewéspråkfältet) hade redan urskilts av Schlegel, noterar Robert Needham Cust i sin Modern Languages of Africa (1883).