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Where is East Kewa spoken?

East Kewa is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where East Kewa is spoken

East Kewa is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

East Kewa has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak East Kewa?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where East Kewa sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies East Kewa as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  2. Enga-Kewa-Huli
  3. Kewa-Huli
  4. Sau-Angal-Kewa
  5. Angal-Kewa
  6. Kewa
  7. Southeast Kewa
  8. East Kewa

Related languages

Other languages in the Southeast Kewa group:

More about East Kewa

Codes: ISO 639-3 kjs, Glottolog east2516. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about East Kewa

Where is East Kewa spoken?

East Kewa is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is East Kewa in?

Glottolog places East Kewa in the Nuclear Trans New Guinea family, in the branch Enga-Kewa-Huli, Kewa-Huli, Sau-Angal-Kewa, Angal-Kewa, Kewa and Southeast Kewa.

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