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Kerewo language

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Kiwaian language spoken in Papua New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Kerewo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionOmati River
Native speakers1,090 in the local area (2011)
Language familyKiwaian
  • Kerewo
Language codes
ISO 639-3kxz
Glottologkere1286

Kerewo is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.

Some portions of the Bible were translated into Kerewo. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and the Epistles of Ephesians, Philippians and 1 John were translated as "Nouri buka nou'a airoa" and published in the Goaribari dialect of Kerewo in 1941.

References

  1. Kerewo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages
Kiwaian languages


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