Kele language (Gabon)
{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Gabon}}
{{see also|Kele language (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kélé
|nativename=Dikele
|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
|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.
- West Kele (Kili) is spoken by the Kele people, scattered in Middle Ogooué Province, Mimongo area.{{cite web
|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=keb
|title=Kélé A language of Gabon
|work=Ethnologue
|access-date=2011-10-25}}
- 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
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Plosive
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Mid-high
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Mid-low
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Low
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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}}
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