Kelo is a moribund
Nilo-Saharan language
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by some 50–60 million people, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. ...
spoken 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).
References
External links
Kelo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Critically endangered languages
Eastern Jebel languages
Languages of Sudan
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