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ISO 639-3: kew

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Other known names and dialect names: West Kewa, Pasuma

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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. ONLINERobo 1. Summer Insitute of Linguistics Translation Department. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_gen-1
  4. ONLINEGenesisi: Kewa Genesis Abridgement. Summer Insitute of Linguistics. n.d. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_gen-2
  5. ONLINEA Kewa Dictionary. Franklin, Karl J.; Franklin, Joice. 1978. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for West Kewa. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:kew
  2. ONLINEKewa, West Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_swadesh-1
  3. ONLINEPisini agaapara adaa agaa laapo i buku (Common usage dictionary: Diglot edition in Pidgin and Kewa languages). Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21279
  4. Agaa repo buku. Franklin, Joice A. (compiler); Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21831
  5. ONLINEA Kewa dictionary, with supplementary grammatical and anthropological materials. Franklin, Joice A. (compiler); Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 1978. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:23134
  6. ONLINEA Kewa dictionary, with supplementary grammatical and anthropological materials. Franklin, Joice A. (compiler); Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 2006. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:31046
  7. ONLINEA Tok Pisin and West Kewa common usage diglot dictionary = Tok Pisin na Tok Kewa diksenari (pisini agaapara adaa agaa laapo i buku). Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 2009. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:31278
  8. 74 West Kewa Word List. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1967. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53807
  9. 78 (W) Kewa L-3 Lexicography, cnt'd. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53835
  10. 79 West Kewa L-2 Lexicography. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53836
  11. 80 West Kewa L-1 Lexicography. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53837
  12. 53 West Kewa Dialect - Urida + South Kewa Verb Forms. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1968. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53848
  13. ONLINEKewa – English Dictionary. Eka, Wopa (compiler); Franklin, Joice A. (compiler); Franklin, Karl J. (compiler); Kirapeasi, Yapua (compiler). 2014. SIL International. oai:sil.org:61092
  14. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for West Kewa. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2022. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:kew.77
  15. ONLINEKewa Dictionary. n.a. 2014-09-29. SIL International. oai:webonary.org:110

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 4.6 Resources for West Kewa. n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:west2599
  3. ONLINEA Kewa Dictionary. Franklin, Karl J.; Franklin, Joice. 1978. Canberra: Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_morsyn-1
  4. ONLINEA Kewa Dictionary. Franklin, Karl J.; Franklin, Joice. 1978. Canberra: Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_ortho-1
  5. ONLINEA Grammar of Kewa, Papua New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1971. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_phon-1
  6. ONLINEA grammar of Kewa, New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1971. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:22769
  7. ONLINEThe Word in Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 2000. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:49153
  8. ONLINEThe Kewa Language Revisited. Franklin, Karl J. 2011. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:85563
  9. ONLINEA grammar and dialect study of Kewa, New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1969. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:9943
  10. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Kewa. n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:kew
  11. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Kewa, Western. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src153

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEKewa 1: phonological asymmetry. Franklin, Karl; Franklin, Joice. 1962. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:267
  2. ONLINEA Grammar of Kewa, New Guinea. Franklin, Karl James. 1971. Australian National University. oai:refdb.wals.info:1026
  3. ONLINEKewa Sentence Structure. Franklin, Karl J. 1967. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 7. oai:refdb.wals.info:1533
  4. ONLINEA Kewa Dictionary, with Supplementary Grammatical and Anthropological Materials. Franklin, Karl J.; Franklin, Joice. 1978. Australian National University. oai:refdb.wals.info:1534
  5. ONLINELinguistic Diversity in Space and Time. Nichols, Johanna. 1992. University of Chicago Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4050
  6. ONLINEKewa Verb Morphology. Franklin, Karl J. 1964. Verb Studies in five New Guinea Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:5061
  7. ONLINEKewa, West: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:kew
  8. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Kewa, West. 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_kew
  9. ONLINEA Grammar of Kewa, Papua New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1971. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kew_detail-1
  10. ONLINEThe dialects of Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1968. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:6294
  11. Lexical range, idiom transfer, and related problems in Pidgin English to Kewa translation. Franklin, Karl J. 1978. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:7709
  12. ONLINESome Kewa metaphors: body parts as automobile parts. Franklin, Karl J. 2003. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:7881
  13. Tagmemic insights on Kewa numbers and names. Franklin, Karl J. 2003. SIL International and University of Texas at Arlington. oai:sil.org:8875
  14. Naa bi aapiya?. Tua, Akera. 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21382
  15. Akuanuna iti remaanu buku. Franklin, Karl J. (editor); Kirapeasi, Yapua (editor). 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21505
  16. Tok save long ol kain liklik tok Kewa. Franklin, Karl J.; Kirapeasi, Yapua; Tua, Akera. 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21605
  17. [supplementary reader]. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1969. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21616
  18. Teacher’s guide for Kewa primers and workbooks. Franklin, Joice A. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21657
  19. Niaana sunu regepeae ia su medaloma. Franklin, Karl J. (translator); Kirapeasi, Yapua (translator). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21933
  20. Ne nane yae luabu buku. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J.; Kirapeasi, Yapua. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22066
  21. [primer leaflets]. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1969. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22085
  22. Pepena oyae luabu buku. Franklin, Karl J.; Kirapeasi, Yapua. 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22181
  23. Adaa agale buku. Franklin, Joice A.; Tua, Akera. 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22233
  24. Pipaa tape buku 1-3 (Workbook). Franklin, Joice A. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22505
  25. Adaa agaa buku 1-3. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1971. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22514
  26. ONLINEThe ‘Pandanus languages’ of the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea – a further report. Franklin, Karl J.; Stefaniw, Roman. 1992. Culture change, language change – case studies from Melanesia, Tom Dutton (ed.). oai:sil.org:22755
  27. ONLINEReview of: Kewa tales, by John LeRoy. Franklin, Karl J. 1988. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22784
  28. ONLINEPractical considerations of folk taxonomies. Franklin, Karl J. 1971. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22795
  29. ONLINEThe particles ‘i’ and ‘na’ in Tok Pisin. Franklin, Karl J. 1980. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22840
  30. ONLINEVernacular literacy: General remarks. Franklin, Joice A. 1977. New Guinea area languages and language study, vol. 3: Language, culture, society, and the modern world, Stephen A. Wurm (ed.). oai:sil.org:22854
  31. ONLINEReview of: Fabricated world: An interpretation of Kewa tales, by John LeRoy. Franklin, Karl J. 1988. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22855
  32. ONLINEInterpreting values cross-culturally ‘with special reference to insulting people’!. Franklin, Karl J. 1979. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22881
  33. A Kewa religious argot (New Guinea). Franklin, Karl J. 1975. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22912
  34. ONLINEA diachronic note on Mendi vowels. Franklin, Karl J. 1974. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22923
  35. ONLINEA ritual pandanus language of New Guinea. Franklin, Karl J. 1972. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:22938
  36. ONLINEThe Kewa language in culture and society. Franklin, Karl J. 1977. New Guinea area languages and language study, vol. 3: Language, culture, society, and the modern world, Stephen A. Wurm (ed.). oai:sil.org:22955
  37. ONLINEReview of: Mararoko: a study in Melanesian religion, by Mary N. MacDonald. Franklin, Karl J. 1993. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:23001
  38. Creating technical expressions in the vernacular. Franklin, Karl J. 1981. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:23002
  39. ONLINEJack Hides’ visit to the Kewa area. Franklin, Karl J. 1989. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:23049
  40. 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
  41. ONLINEMetaphorical songs in Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1970. Pacific Linguistic studies in honour of Arthur Capell, S. A. Wurm and D. C. Laycock (eds.). oai:sil.org:23091
  42. ONLINENasalisation in Kewa dialects. Franklin, Karl J. 1975. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:23123
  43. Why a newsheet?. Franklin, Karl J. 1972. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:23392
  44. ONLINELearn West Kewa. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J.; Kirapeasi, Yapua. 1973. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:31111
  45. Some features of interclausal reference in Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1983. Switch-reference and universal grammar: Proceedings of a Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, Winnipeg, 1981, vol. 2, John Haiman and Pamela Munro (eds.). oai:sil.org:39205
  46. Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39217
  47. Existential and pro-verbs in Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1981. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39295
  48. Legends from Papua New Guinea. McElhanon, Kenneth A. (editor). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39334
  49. Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 1991. Encyclopedia of World Cultures, v. 2: Oceania, Terence E. Hays (ed.). oai:sil.org:39339
  50. ONLINEUkarumpa and Jerusalem : A tale of two cities?. Franklin, Karl J. 2010. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:41565
  51. ONLINEThe Translator's Assistant: A Multilingual Natural Language Generator. Allman, Tod Jay. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:43013
  52. Adapting the West Kewa New Testament to East Kewa. Franklin, Karl J. 2011. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:43380
  53. Kewa figures of speech: Understanding the code. Franklin, Karl J. 2012. Anna Idstrom and Elisabeth Piirainen, eds., ,Endangered Metaphors. ,First. ,Amsterdam: ,John Benjamins., p. 185-204., 9027204055. oai:sil.org:48079
  54. ONLINECounting systems in Engan and Proto-Engan. Franklin, Karl J. 2012. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:49105
  55. ONLINEComplaints in Kewa letters. Franklin, Karl J.; Hardin, Karol J. 2012. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:50863
  56. ONLINEDevelopment is like a River. Franklin, Karl J. 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:52516
  57. 63 West Kewa P-1. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53704
  58. 65 West Kewa S-1. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53706
  59. 64 West Kewa M-3. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53745
  60. 67 West Kewa S-3. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53746
  61. 68 West Kewa S-4. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1962. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53747
  62. 69 West Kewa S-5. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53748
  63. 70 Kewa D-2 "Kewa Dialect". Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53749
  64. 71 Sound Effects. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53751
  65. 72 West Kewa Songs - Pedo pi, etc.. Franklin, Joice A. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53766
  66. 66 West Kewa S-2 (Kewa text creation). Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53775
  67. 73 West Kewa - Rupa. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53796
  68. 74 West Kewa Sing Sings. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1967. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53806
  69. 59 Materials from Wurm Common Expressions. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53808
  70. 47 Usa Origins - First Contact - Usa-Puti Land Dispute. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53827
  71. 50 Usu Legends #3. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53828
  72. 48 Usu Legends #1 (West Kewa). Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53842
  73. 49 Usu Legends #2. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53843
  74. 51 Syntax Paradigms; Verbs. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53846
  75. 84 Surea - Ribu, etc. Kenoa. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53869
  76. 87 West Kewa Legends and Stories. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1989. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53870
  77. 86-A Stories by Eya of Tibiru. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1989. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53897
  78. 86-B Story by Ben Pun Wabi Lim. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1990. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53898
  79. 58 West Kewa Sentence Medial Constructions with tone examples. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53947
  80. 88-A Kenoa's Cattle Notes. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53948
  81. 88-B Surea - Ribu, etc. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:53955
  82. 89 Reading of 2 Corinthians 13 and Matthew 1-12. Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1972. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:54030
  83. ONLINEFinal Kewa Program Report. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1958. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:54852
  84. ONLINECase Studies of the Translation of Divine Names in Papua New Guinea. King, Phil. 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:56059
  85. ONLINEPerspectives on Translating YHWH in Papua New Guinea. King, Phil. 2014. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:60570
  86. Kewa Notes. Franklin, Joice A.; Franklin, Karl J. 1978. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:65933
  87. Tone frames in West Kewa and Usarufa (Disc 9). Franklin, Joice A. (researcher); Franklin, Karl J. (researcher). 1958. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:67330
  88. ONLINEStory themes in a Kewa man’s autobiographic letters. Franklin, Karl J. 2006. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:69812
  89. ONLINESome Observations on Kyaka-Kewa Cognates. Franklin, Karl J. 2016. SIL International. oai:sil.org:75028
  90. ONLINETwo Kewa (Papua New Guinea) Story Genres. Franklin, Karl J. 2017. SIL International. oai:sil.org:75029
  91. ONLINEMentoring a Mother Tongue Speaker. Franklin, Karl J. 2020. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:84920
  92. ONLINEA Note on the Language Name “Kewa”. Franklin, Karl J. 2019. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:85441

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINETranslation nuggets. Wycliffe Bible Translators; Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1967. Ukarumpa, Territory of New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:573326
  2. ONLINEPepena oyae luabu buku. Kewa culture book. Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1972. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:897261
  3. ONLINESyntax and semantics in Papua New Guinea languages. Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James). 1981. Ukarumpa, E.H.D., Papua New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1379546
  4. ONLINECulture change, language change : case studies from Melanesia. Dutton, Thomas Edward, 1935-. 1992. Pacific linguistics. Series C ; 120. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1675390
  5. ONLINEOrthography and phonology database : highlands and Papuan Regions. Hemmil*a, Ritva; Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1999. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 44. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1808241

Other known names and dialect names: West Kewa, Pasuma

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