Kele language (Gabon)
Kele is a Bantu language of Gabon. Dialects of the Kele language are scattered throughout Gabon.
- West Kele (Kili) is spoken by the Kele people, scattered in Middle Ogooué Province, Mimongo area.[5]
- Ngom (Angom, Ungomo) is used with only minor differences by the Kola/Koya Pygmies. It is spoken on both sides of the border with the Republic of the Congo.
- Bubi (not the same as the Bubi language)
- Tombidi
- Mwesa
| Kélé | |
|---|---|
| Dikele | |
| Native to | Gabon, a few in Congo |
| Ethnicity | Kele people |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2000–2007)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:keb – West Kele, Bubinra – Ngom |
| Glottolog | kele1264 Kele–Tombidi[2]ngom1275 Ngom–Mwesa[3] |
B.22[4] | |
References
- West Kele, Bubi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kele–Tombidi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngom–Mwesa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- "Kélé A language of Gabon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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