Kelo | |
Also Known As: | Kelo-Beni Sheko |
States: | Sudan |
Region: | Blue Nile State |
Speakers: | 200 |
Date: | no date |
Ref: | e15 |
Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
Fam2: | Eastern Sudanic |
Fam3: | Eastern |
Fam4: | Eastern Jebel |
Fam5: | Aka–Kelo–Molo |
Dia1: | Kelo |
Dia2: | Beni-Sheko |
Map2: | Lang Status 20-CR.svg |
Iso3: | xel |
Glotto: | kelo1246 |
Glottorefname: | Kelo |
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).[1] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic groups as Kelo speakers (Bender 1997: 190).