Keliko language explained

Keliko
Region:South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Speakers:42,500
Date:1989–2018
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Central Sudanic
Fam3:East
Fam4:Moru–Madi
Fam5:Central
Iso3:kbo
Glotto:keli1248
Glottorefname:Keliko

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

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.)[1]

Ethnic Keliko are also found in Yei County, in Asole Boma (Lasu Payam).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Village Assessment Survey. International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.