Kewa, East
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 45,000 (2000 census). |
| Region | Southern Highlands Province, Ialibu and Kagua districts. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 412 |
| Classification | Trans-New Guinea, Engan, Angal-Kewa |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 2005. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
FRANKLIN, Joice A., author. 1965. "Kewa II: Higher level phonology."
FRANKLIN, Joice A.; FRANKLIN, Karl J., authors. 1962. "Kewa I: Phonological asymmetry."
FRANKLIN, Joice A.; FRANKLIN, Karl J., authors. 1962. "The Kewa counting systems."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1963. "Kewa ethnolinguistic concepts of body parts."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1964. "Kewa verb morphology."
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FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1965. "Kewa clause markers."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1965. "Kewa social organization."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1967. "Kewa sentence structure."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1967. "Names and aliases in Kewa."
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1968. The dialects of Kewa.
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1969. A grammar and dialect study of Kewa, New Guinea.
FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2011. "Adapting the West Kewa New Testament to East Kewa."
FRANKLIN, Karl, author. 1992. Kewa Organised Phonology Data.
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PENCE, Alan R., editor. 1964. Verb studies in five New Guinea languages.
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ROSS, Malcolm, author. 2010. "A preliminary analysis of East Kewa Tone."
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