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ISO 639-3: kjs

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Other known names and dialect names: East Kewa

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
  2. ONLINEKeiwa, Min (Wantoat), Marathi, Jugoslav, Telugu, Transcripts of News Broadcasts - Urdu, Turkish, unidentified Indian (?) language, Korean. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-209
  3. ONLINEKeiwa texts and notes. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC506
  4. ONLINEGenesisi: Kewa Genesis Abridgement. The Long Now Foundation. 1967. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kjs_gen-1
  5. ONLINEA Kewa dictionary, with supplementary grammatical and anthropological materials. Franklin, Karl J.; Franklin, Joice; Yapua Kirapeasi. 1978. Canberra: Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kjs_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for East Kewa. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:kjs
  2. ONLINEKeiwa texts and notes. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC506
  3. ONLINEKewa, East Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kjs_swadesh-1
  4. ONLINEKewa – English Dictionary. Eka, Wopa (compiler); Franklin, Joice A. (compiler); Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 2014. SIL International. oai:sil.org:61092
  5. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for East Kewa. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:kjs.784

Language descriptions

  1. Orthography and phonology database : Highlands and Papuan Regions. Hemmilä, Ritva; Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 1999. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 44. oai:gial.edu:28275
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for East Kewa. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:east2516
  3. ONLINEKeiwa texts and notes. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC506
  4. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for East Kewa. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:east2516
  5. ONLINEThe Kewa Language Revisited. Franklin, Karl J. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:85563
  6. ONLINEA grammar and dialect study of Kewa, New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1969. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9943

Other resources about the language

  1. Surrey Person Syncretism Database. Baerman, Matthew. 2002. University of Surrey. oai:surrey.smg.surrey.ac.uk:personsyncretism
  2. ONLINEKewa, East: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:kjs
  3. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Kewa, East. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_kjs
  4. Kewa social organization. Franklin, Karl J. 1965. SIL International. oai:sil.org:460
  5. ONLINENames and aliases in Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1967. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1889
  6. ONLINEKewa clause markers. Franklin, Karl J. 1965. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3048
  7. ONLINEKewa sentence structure. Franklin, Karl J. 1967. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3242
  8. ONLINEThe dialects of Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1968. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:6294
  9. ONLINEKewa verb morphology. Franklin, Karl J. 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8448
  10. ONLINEVerb studies in five New Guinea languages. Pence, Alan R. (editor). 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8737
  11. ONLINEA preliminary analysis of East Kewa Tone. Ross, Malcolm. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9242
  12. Introduction to the Kewa primer and reader series. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1963. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21293
  13. Naa bi aapiya?. Tua, Akera. 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21382
  14. Kewa pre-primer. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1963. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21487
  15. Kewa primer 1-5. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1963. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22255
  16. Kewa primer 6-12. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22444
  17. ONLINEKewa ethnolinguistic concepts of body parts. Franklin, Karl J. 1963. SIL International. oai:sil.org:22826
  18. ONLINEThe Kewa counting systems. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1962. SIL International. oai:sil.org:22893
  19. Synchronic and diachronic observations on Kewa and proto-Engan deictics. Franklin, Karl J. 1994. Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. oai:sil.org:23070
  20. ONLINEKewa II: Higher level phonology. Franklin, Joice A. 1965. SIL International. oai:sil.org:23121
  21. ONLINEKewa I: Phonological asymmetry. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1962. SIL International. oai:sil.org:23177
  22. Adapting the West Kewa New Testament to East Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:43380
  23. ONLINECounting systems in Engan and Proto-Engan. Franklin, Karl J. 2012. SIL International. oai:sil.org:49105
  24. 57 East Kewa Lesson Tapes - Tape #3. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:53701
  25. Tone frames in East Kewa: Kewa 2 T3 + T4 (Disc 2). Franklin, Joice A. (researcher); Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1958. SIL International. oai:sil.org:54740
  26. Kewa Notes. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1978. SIL International. oai:sil.org:65933
  27. ONLINETwo Kewa (Papua New Guinea) Story Genres. Franklin, Karl J. 2017. SIL International. oai:sil.org:75029
  28. Translation Nuggets. n.a. 1967. Summer Institute of Linguisitics. oai:sil.org:79333

Other resources in the language

  1. Adaa agale buku. Franklin, Joice A.; Tua, Akera. 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22233
  2. ONLINEKewa ethnolinguistic concepts of body parts. Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James). 1963. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:522286
  3. ONLINEPapers in New Guinea linguistics. Australian National University. Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Linguistics; Linguistic Circle of Canberra; Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies. Department of Linguistics. 1964-1988. No. 1-5: Linguistic Circle of Canberra publications. Series A, Occasional papers. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1949882

Other known names and dialect names: East Kewa

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