Kerewe

KED

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ekikerebe, Kerebe, Kikwere

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 76% with Zinza ,, 75% with Haya ,, 69% with Nyambo ,, 68% with Nyankore ,, 63% with Chiga , and Tooro ,, 62% with Nyoro ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
J
Haya-Jita (E.24)

Demographics: 100,000 (1987).

Language Use: Shift among youth to Jita [jit]. All ages.

Language Development: Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1936–1946.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Tanzania