| Kerebe | |
|---|---|
| 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, orKerebe, is aBantu language ofTanzania, spoken onUkerewe Island inLake Victoria, the largest inland island in Africa.
Kerewe phonology prohibitsvowel sequences: if a vowel sequence arises in theunderlying representation of a phrase, the sequence becomes either along vowel or aglide followed by a long vowel in the surface representation.[3]
The first attempts at Bible translation into Kerewe were some Bible stories in 1899, liturgical Gospels in 1921 and 1937 and aGospel 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 theimprimatur on 4 October 1945. It was published as Omulago Muhya, (Kikahindurwa mu Kikerewe) at the White Fathers Mission Press in Bukerewe.[4]
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