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 (Congo)|Kele people]] |speakers=160,000 |date=1980 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone C|Zone C]]) |fam6=[[Soko–Kele languages|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 (Congo)|Kele people]].

Foma (''Lifoma'') is a dialect.<ref>Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/mar/10/how-we-know/?pagination=false

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kele Language}} [[Category:Soko-Kele languages]] [[Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]