Lele language (Bantu)
Lele (also spelled Bashilele, Usilele) is a language spoken mainly in the west edge of the Kasai-Occidental Province, in Ilebo and Tshikapa territories; the extreme east of the Bandundu Province, in Idiofa and Gungu territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Not to be confused with Lele language (Papua New Guinea), Lele language (Chad), or Lele language (Guinea).
Lele | |
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Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Ethnicity | Lele people |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1971)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lel |
Glottolog | lele1265 |
C.84 [2] |
References
- Lele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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