Keliko language

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Keliko
Region South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(42,500 cited 1989–2018) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kbo
Glottolog keli1248

Keliko (Kaliko) is a Central Sudanic language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.

Contents

Omi was once considered a dialect.

Locations

A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Keliko reside in the following bomas of Morobo County, South Sudan. (Morobo County was reported to have a majority of ethnic Kakwa people.) [2]

Ethnic Keliko are also found in Yei County, in Asole Boma (Lasu Payam). [2]

Writing

Keliko is written in a Latin-based alphabet with frequent use of apostrophe, as well as the extra letters ẹ, ị, ŋ, ọ, and ụ and several digraphs and trigraphs. [3] Diacritical marks are frequently used for marking tone.

SmallCapital
aA
bB
ʼbʼB
cC
dD
ʼdʼD
drDr
eE
fF
gG
gbGb
hH
iI
jJ
kK
kpKp
lL
mM
mbMb
mgbMgb
mbMv
nN
ndNd
ndrNdr
ngNg
njNj
nyNy
ŋŊ
ŋmŊm
oO
pP
rR
sS
tT
trTr
uU
vV
wW
ʼwʼW
yY
ʼyʼY
zZ
ʼ

Marking tone

References

  1. Keliko at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "Búkũ Tãfí Ụ̃nị̃zú Ni Kẹ̃lị̃kọ́ Tị Sĩ Ímbápi Vé Búkũ" [Keliko Alphabet Book Teacher’s Guide]. SIL Global (in kbo). 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)