Kele
Lokele
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionKisangani
EthnicityKele people
Native speakers
(160,000 cited 1980)[1]
Dialects
  • Foma
Language codes
ISO 639-3khy – inclusive code
Individual code:
fom  Foma
Glottologkele1255
C.55, 56[2]

The Kele language, or Lokele, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Kele people.

Foma (Lifoma) is a dialect.[3]

References

  1. Kele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Foma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices


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