Kerewe language
Kerewe, or Kerebe, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, the largest inland island in Africa.
| Kerebe | |
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| Kerewe | |
| Ekikerebe | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Lake Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Kerewe people |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ked |
| Glottolog | kere1283 |
JE.24[2] | |
Kerewe phonology prohibits vowel sequences: if a vowel sequence arises in the underlying representation of a phrase, the sequence becomes either a long vowel or a glide followed by a long vowel in the surface representation.[3]
See also
References
- Kerebe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Odden, David. "Bantu Phonology" (PDF). pp. 19–20. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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