Kele languages

Kele
Kele
Sheke
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.20) Kele–Tsogo? Kele; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	None; grea1288 (Ndasaic); kele1262 (Ngomic)

The Kele or Sheke languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart possibly from Seki (Sheke) (B.21) itself, the languages form a valid node. They are:

Lengue, Ndasa, Sigu (Sighu), Kele (Dikele), Ngom, Mbangwe, Wumbvu, Kota, Shake (Sake), Mahongwe, ?Seki (Sheke)

Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Southern Bantoid
    - Bantu (Zone B.20)
      - Kele–Tsogo?
        Kele

GlottologNone
grea1288 (Ndasaic)
kele1262 (Ngomic)

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Maho (2009) adds B203 Sama, B204 Ndambomo, B205 Metombola.

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Kele
Sheke
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.20) Kele–Tsogo? Kele
Language codes
Glottolog	None `grea1288` (Ndasaic) `kele1262` (Ngomic)