Kele language (Gabon)
See also: Kele language (disambiguation)
| Kélé | |
|---|---|
| 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, Bubi nra – Ngom |
| Glottolog |
kele1264 (Kele–Tombidi)[2]ngom1275 (Mwesa–Ngom)[3] |
B.22[4] | |
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 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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