Kele language (Gabon)

Kélé
Dikele
Native to	Gabon, a few in Congo
Ethnicity	Kele people
Native speakers	14,000 (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
Glottolog	kele1264  (Kele–Tombidi)[2] ngom1275  (Mwesa–Ngom)[3]
Guthrie code	B.22[4]

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.^[5]
• Ngom (Angom, Ungomo) is used with only minor differences by the Kola/Koya Pygmies. It is spoken on both sides of the border with Congo.
• Bubi (not the same as the Bubi language)
• Tombidi
• Mwesa

References

1. West Kele, Bubi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Ngom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kele–Tombidi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mwesa–Ngom". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
5. "Kélé A language of Gabon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-25.