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ISO 639-3 · kewkew
Trans–New Guinea family

West Kewa

West Kewa is a language of the Engan branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kew
Glottocode
west2599
Wikipedia
2 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameWest Kewa
Also calledWest Kewa language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to West Kewa

The branches above West Kewa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily5EnganbranchkewWest Kewalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalhmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · ShiftingygrYagariaTrans–New Guinea · 21,0005 · Developing