The Kele or Sheke languages are a clade of
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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s coded Zone B.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart possibly from
Seki (Sheke) (B.21) itself, the languages form a valid node. They are:
:
Lengue,
Ndasa,
Sigu (Sighu),
Kele (Dikele),
Ngom Ngom can be:
*A village in Nigeria
*It is also spelt Ngum is a West African surname of the Serer people found in Senegal and the Gambia.
Notable people with the surname Ngom include:
* Dawda Ngum, Gambian footballer
*Ousmane Ngom
Ousmane Aliou ...
,
Mbangwe,
Wumbvu,
Kota
Kota or KOTA may refer to:
People and languages
*Kōta (given name), a masculine Japanese given name
*Kota Brahmin, a sub-caste of Brahmins in Karnataka
*Kota people (India), a tribe in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India
**Kota language ...
,
Shake (Sake),
Mahongwe
Mahongwe is an undocumented and threatened Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form ...
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Seki (Sheke)
Maho (2009) adds B203
Sama, B204
Ndambomo, B205
Metombola.
Footnotes
References
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