| Lele | |
| States: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Speakers: | 26,000 |
| Ethnicity: | Lele people |
| Date: | 1971 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Bantu (Zone C) |
| Fam8: | Bushoong languages (C.80) |
| Iso3: | lel |
| Glotto: | lele1265 |
| Glottorefname: | Lele (Democratic Republic of Congo) |
| Guthrie: | C.84 |
Lele (also spelled Bashilele, Usilele) is a Bantu language belonging to the Bushoong group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the west edge of Kasaï Province, in Ilebo and Tshikapa territories; the extreme east of Kwilu Province, in Idiofa and Gungu territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.