XEL ISO 639-3
Kelo
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- xel
- Alternate Names
- Kelo-Beni Sheko, Ndu-Faa-Keelo, Tornasi
- Population
- 200.
- Location:
- Blue Nile state: Geissan district, Beni Sheko and Keeli villages.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Eastern Jebel, Aka-Kelo-Molo
- Dialects
- Beni Sheko, Kelo.
- Language Use
- Still has speaker population (1997 M. Bender). Shifted to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kelo
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Blue Nile state: Geissan district, Beni Sheko and Keeli villages.
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