Kelo

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
xel
Alternate Names
Kelo-Beni Sheko, Ndu-Faa-Keelo, Tornasi
User Population

200.

Location

Blue Nile state: Geissan district, Beni Sheko and Keeli villages.

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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].