Kele-Foma language

{{Short description|Bantu language of DR Congo}}

{{See also|Kele language (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kele

|nativename=Lokele

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region=Kisangani

|ethnicity = Kele people

|speakers=160,000

|date=1980

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C)

|fam6=Soko–Kele (C.50–60)

|dia1=Foma

|iso3=khy

|lc1=fom|ld1=Foma

|glotto=kele1255

|glottorefname=Kele-Foma

|guthrie=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.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices