The Soko or Soko–Kele 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 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
Soko ( sh-Cyrl, Соко) was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force.
SOKO was created in 1950 by the r ...
(So),
Poke,
Lombo,
Kele (Lokele, incl. Foma); (C60)
Ngando (incl. Lalia)
Maho (2009) adds
Likile and
Linga
A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional ...
to C50. ''Ethnologue'' notes a Bantu but otherwise unclassified
Moingi language
Moingi is an unclassified Bantu language on the right bank of the Congo River opposite the town of Basoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is situated among several Soko–Kele languages
The Soko or Soko–Kele languages are a clade ...
on the river in the middle of Soko–Kele territory.
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