Soko languages
The Soko or Soko–Kele languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.50–60 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from Mongo (Nkundo), the languages form a valid node. They are:
Not to be confused with Kele languages.
Soko | |
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Soko–Kele | |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Glottolog | kele1261 |
Maho (2009) adds Likile and Linga to C50. Ethnologue notes a Bantu but otherwise unclassified Moingi language on the river in the middle of Soko–Kele territory.
Footnotes
References
- Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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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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