Keliko language


Keliko 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.
  • Alutu Boma
  • Nyei Boma
  • Yugufe Boma
  • Kendre Boma
  • Kembe Boma
Ethnic Keliko are also found in Yei County, in Asole Boma.

Writing

Keliko is written in a Latin-based alphabet with frequent use of apostrophe, as well as the extra letters , , ŋ, , and ụ and several digraphs and trigraphs. Diacritical marks are frequently used for marking tone.
SmallCapital
aA
bB
bB
cC
dD
dD
drDr
eE
fF
gG
gbGb
hH
iI
jJ
kK
kpKp
lL
mM
mbMb
mgbMgb
mbMv
nN
ndNd
ndrNdr
ngNg
njNj
nyNy
ŋŊ
ŋmŊm
oO
pP
rR
sS
tT
trTr
uU
vV
wW
wW
yY
yY
zZ

Marking tone