Bantu language spoken in Gabon
Kélé |
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Dikele |
Native to | Gabon, a few in Congo |
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Ethnicity | Kele people |
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Native speakers | 14,000 (2000–2007)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:
keb – West Kele, Bubi
nra – Ngom |
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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.[3]
- 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
Phonology
Kele also has two tones;[4] high and low.
References
- ^ West Kele, Bubi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ngom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ "Kélé A language of Gabon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ a b c Bingoumou, Justin (2008). Esquisse phonologique du ntumbidi parlé à Rébé (MA thesis). Libreville: Université Omar Bongo.
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Zone A | A10 | |
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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