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Kele languages

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The Kele languages, also called Sheke, are a group of Bantu languages of Gabon and its surrounding region, classified as Guthrie zone B.20, comprising eleven core members including Lengue, Ndasa, Sigu, Kele, Ngom, Mbangwe, Wumbvu, Kota, Shake, Mahongwe and Seki. The group is tentatively placed within a wider Kele-Tsogo grouping inside the Niger-Congo family's Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo and Southern Bantoid branches, though its exact internal relationships remain uncertain.

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