Kerewo or Kerewa is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.
| Kerewo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Omati River |
Native speakers | 1,090 in the local area (2011)[1] |
Kiwaian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxz |
| Glottolog | kere1286 |
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
edit- ^ Kerewo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)