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 | |
|---|---|
| Kerewe | |
| Ekikerebe | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Lake Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Kerewe people |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1987) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ked |
| Glottolog | kere1283 |
JE.24 | |
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.
Literature
The first attempts at Bible translation into Kerewe were some Bible stories in 1899, liturgical Gospels in 1921 and 1937 and a Gospel harmony in 1930. The New Testament was translated into Kerewe by French Canadian Padri Almas Simard (1907-1954) from the White Fathers, working with several native speakers. The translation received the imprimatur on 4 October 1945. It was published as Omulago Muhya, (Kikahindurwa mu Kikerewe) at the White Fathers Mission Press in Bukerewe.
See also
References
- See My Language: A History of Bible Translation in East Africa by Aloo Osotsi Mojola published in 1999
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