Kélé
Kélé is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Gabon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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.
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.
From Wikipedia · Kele language (Gabon) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kélé
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mut* | |
| name | din* | |
| eye | diS* | |
| ear | wolE* | |
| nose | dyuyu* | |
| tooth | SoNa* | |
| tongue | 8a8em* | |
| blood | ki8a* | |
| bone | ayiSa* | |
| skin | akonda* | |
| knee | boNE* | |
| breast | bE8* | |
| liver | aSE* | |
| water | madiba* | |
| fire | ya* | |
| sun | yuSa* | |
| stone | koke* | |
| mountain | mbeka* | |
| tree | gyele* | |
| leaf | kay* | |
| night | mpfom* | |
| dog | mbya* | |
| fish | SE* | |
| louse | nina* | |
| one | nwoto* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | noto* | |
| see | ogy* | |
| hear | gyot* | |
| die | gwa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kele1257 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · keb