Kele language (Gabon)
See also: Kele language (disambiguation)
Kélé | |
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Dikele | |
Native to | Gabon, a few in Congo |
Ethnicity | Kele people |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2000–2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Either:keb – West Kele, Bubinra – Ngom |
Glottolog |
kele1264 Kele–Tombidi[2]ngom1275 Mwesa–Ngom[3] |
B.22 [4] |
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
References
- ↑ West Kele, Bubi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kele–Tombidi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mwesa–Ngom". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: 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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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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