The Soko or Soko–Kele languages are a clade of

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...

s coded Zone C.50–60 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from Mongo (Nkundo), the languages form a valid node. They are: : (C50) Mbesa, Soko language, Soko (So), Poke language, Poke, Lombo language, Lombo, Lokele language, Kele (Lokele, incl. Foma); (C60) Ngando language, Ngando (incl. Lalia) Maho (2009) adds Likile language, Likile and Linga language, Linga to C50. ''Ethnologue'' notes a Bantu but otherwise unclassified Moingi language on the river in the middle of Soko–Kele territory.

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* Soko-Kele languages, {{Bantu-lang-stub