Kerewo
Kerewo is a Kiwaian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Kerewo or Kerewa 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.
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Words in Kerewo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | obo | |
| person | mereha* | |
| name | paena* | |
| eye | idomai* | |
| ear | hepato* | |
| nose | wodi* | |
| tooth | iyopai* | |
| tongue | mototobe* | |
| hand | tugoho* | |
| blood | sawi* | |
| bone | horo* | |
| skin | tama* | |
| knee | popu* | |
| breast | amo* | |
| liver | beu* | |
| water | obo | |
| fire | kupo* | |
| sun | hewio* | |
| star | huri* | |
| stone | akabu* | |
| mountain | akabu* | |
| tree | nu7a* | |
| leaf | paha* | |
| night | duo* | |
| dog | kaukau* | |
| fish | na* | |
| louse | nimo* | |
| one | na7ubuo* | |
| two | ne7ewa* | |
| I | mo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MorigiKiwaian64% alike
- Northeast KiwaiKiwaian54% alike
- Southern KiwaiKiwaian46% alike
- WabodaKiwaian38% alike
- BamuKiwaian31% alike
- TaboIsolates15% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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