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.

Lele
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicityLele people
Native speakers
(26,000 cited 1971)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lel
Glottologlele1265
C.84[2]

References

  1. Lele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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