East Kewa
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
[under construction]
Sources
Franklin and Franklin (1962) counting system
Franklin (1963) body parts, reprinted in Franklin and Franklin (1978)
Franklin (1965) kinship system and social organization, reprinted in Franklin and Franklin (1978)
Franklin (1967) personal names, reprinted in Franklin and Franklin (1978)
Franklin (1968) comparison of Kewa dialects, partially reprinted in Franklin and Franklin (1978)
Franklin and Franklin (1978) dictionary of West Kewa contains many East Kewa entries
Ross (2010) analysis of East Kewa tone
Phonology
[under construction]
Pronouns
Ross (2010: 303-304) gives pronouns for East Kewa as follows:
| absolutive | ergative | |
| 1 sg. | né | né-mé |
| 2 sg. | nè | nè-mè |
| 3 sg. | ìpú | ìpú-mí |
| 1 pl. | ná: | ná:-mé |
| 2 pl. | ímì | ímì-mì |
| 3 pl. | ímú | ímú-mí |
| 1 dl. | sá: | sá:-mé |
| 2 dl. | ípì | ípì-mì |
| 3 dl. | ípú | ípú-mí |
Verbal morphology
[under construction]