Kele language (Gabon)

See also: Kele language (disambiguation)

Kele is a Bantu language of Gabon. Dialects of the Kele language are scattered throughout Gabon.

• West Kele (Kili) is spoken by the Kele people, scattered in Middle Ogooué Province, Mimongo area.^[3]
• Ngom (Angom, Ungomo) is used with only minor differences by the Kola/Koya Pygmies. It is spoken on both sides of the border with the Republic of the Congo.
• Bubi (not the same as the Bubi language)
• Tombidi
• Mwesa

Kélé
Dikele
Native to	Gabon, a few in Congo
Ethnicity	Kele people
Native speakers	(14,000 cited 2000–2007)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Kele languages (b. 20) Kélé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: keb – West Kele, Bubi nra – Ngom
Guthrie code	B.22[2]

Phonology

Consonants^[4]

	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g
Fricative	f v	s z
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Approximant	w	l	j

Vowels^[4]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid-high	e eː		o oː
Mid-low	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Low		a aː

Kele also has two tones;^[4] high and low.