Kelo language

{{Short description|Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Kelo

| altname = Kelo–Beni Sheko

| nativename =

| states = Sudan

| region = Blue Nile State

| speakers = 200

| date = 2009

| ref = e16

| familycolor = Nilo-Saharan

| fam2 = Eastern Sudanic

| fam3 = Southern Eastern

| fam4 = Eastern Jebel

| fam5 = Aka–Kelo–Molo

| dia1 = Kelo

| dia2 = Beni-Sheko

| map2 = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Kelo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

| iso3 = xel

| glotto = kelo1246

| glottorefname = Kelo

}}

Kelo is a moribund Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Tornasi people in Sudan.

A closely related variety called Beni Sheko has been documented by Bender (1997).Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 189-215. Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic groups as Kelo speakers (Bender 1997: 190).