Kelo language

Kelo
Kelo
Region	Sudan
Native speakers	(undated figure of 200); not extinct (1997); the figure of 200 was added to Ethnologue after this comment
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Eastern Eastern Jebel Aka–Kelo–Molo Kelo; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kelo; Beni-Sheko;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xel
Glottolog	kelo1246
ELP	Kelo

Kelo is a moribund Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan.

A closely related variety called Beni Sheko has been documented by Bender (1997).^[2] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic groups as Kelo speakers (Bender 1997: 190).

References[]

^ ^a ^b Kelo at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
^ Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 189-215.

External links[]

Kelo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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[e15-1] Kelo at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)

[2] Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 189-215.

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