Kele | |
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Lokele | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | Kisangani |
Ethnicity | Kele people |
Native speakers | (160,000 cited 1980)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | khy – inclusive codeIndividual code: fom – Foma |
Glottolog | kele1255 |
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]
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