| Lele | |
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| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Ethnicity | Lele people |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1971)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lel |
| Glottolog | lele1265 |
C.84[2] | |
Lele (also spelled Bashilele, Usilele) is a language spoken mainly in the west edge of the Kasai-Occidental Province, in Ilebo and Tshikapa territories; the extreme east of the Bandundu Province, in Idiofa and Gungu territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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