Kele language (Gabon)

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Gabon}}

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Kélé

|nativename=Dikele

|states=Gabon, a few in Congo

|region=

|ethnicity = Kele people

|speakers={{sigfig|13,770|2}}

|date=2000–2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Kele languages (b. 20)

|lc1=keb|ld1=West Kele, Bubi

|lc2=nra|ld2=Ngom

|glotto=

|glottoname=

|glotto2=

|glottoname2=

|guthrie=B.22

}}

Kele is a Bantu language of Gabon. Dialects of the Kele language are scattered throughout Gabon.

|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=keb

|title=Kélé A language of Gabon

|work=Ethnologue

|access-date=2011-10-25}}

Phonology

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|+Consonants{{cite thesis |last=Bingoumou |first=Justin |date=2008 |title=Esquisse phonologique du ntumbidi parlé à Rébé |degree=MA |publisher=Université Omar Bongo|place=Libreville}}

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!Labial

!Alveolar

!Dorsal

Plosive

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|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}

Fricative

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|{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}}

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Nasal

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|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

Approximant

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|{{IPA link|l}}

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|+Vowels

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!Front

!Central

!Back

High

|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}

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|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}

Mid-high

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|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}

Mid-low

|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}}

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|{{IPA link|ɔ}} {{IPA link|ɔː}}

Low

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|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}

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Kele also has two tones; high and low.

References

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{{Pygmy languages}}

{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}

{{Languages of Gabon}}

Category:Kele languages

Category:Languages of Gabon

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