Kerewe
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- Language: Kerewe
- Alternate names: Ekikerebe, Kerebe
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:ked
- Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Haya-Jita (J.20)
- Number of speakers: 100,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Kerewe is a language of the Bantu language family spoken in Northwestern Ukerewe Island, southern Lake Victoria, Kibara. North of Sukuma, across Speke Gulf.
Younger people shift toward Jita language.
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