Kelo | |
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Kelo-Beni Sheko | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Blue Nile State |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 200)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xel |
Glottolog | kelo1246 |
ELP | Kelo |
![]() Kelo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Kelo is a moribund Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Tornasi people in Sudan.
A closely related variety called Beni Sheko has been documented by Bender (1997).[2] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic groups as Kelo speakers (Bender 1997: 190).