| Kerebe | |
|---|---|
| Kerewe | |
| Ekikerebe | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Lake Victoria |
|
Native speakers
|
(100,000 cited 1987) |
|
Niger–Congo
|
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | kere1283 |
JE.24 |
|
Kerewe, or Kerebe, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, the largest inland island in Africa.
Kerewe phonology prohibits vowel sequences: if a vowel sequence arises in the underlying representation of a phrase, the sequence becomes either a long vowel or a glide followed by a long vowel in the surface representation.