Kwere | Ethnologue

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639: cwe
Alternate Names: Kakwere, Kikwere, Kinghwele, Kwele, Ng’were, Ngh’wele, Ngwele, Nhwele, Nwele, Tsinghwele
Autonym: Nghwele
Population: 152,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).
Location:: Morogoro region; Pwani region: Bagamoyo district.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Zigula-Zaramo (G.32)
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 74% with Doe [doe], 69% with Kami [kcu], 64% with Kutu [kdc], 61% with Zaramo [zaj], 62% with Zigula [ziw], 54% with Luguru [ruf].
Language Use: Vigorous. Used as L2 by Doe [doe].
Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 2014.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kwere
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Kwere has influenced Zigula [ziw] linguistically, and has been influenced by Zigula and Bondei [bou]. Matrilineal. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Location: Morogoro region; Pwani region: Bagamoyo district.