Kele-Foma language

Kele
Kele
Lokele
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Kisangani
Ethnicity	Kele people
Native speakers	(160,000 cited 1980)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Soko–Kele (C.50–60) Kele; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Foma;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	khy – inclusive code; Individual code:; fom – Foma
Glottolog	kele1255
Guthrie code	C.55, 56

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

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

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Kele
Lokele
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Kisangani
Ethnicity	Kele people
Native speakers	(160,000 cited 1980)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Soko–Kele (C.50–60) Kele
Dialects	Foma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`khy` – inclusive code Individual code: `fom` – Foma
Glottolog	`kele1255`
Guthrie code	`C.55, 56`^[2]