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
Writing
Keliko is written in a Latin-based alphabet with frequent use of apostrophe, as well as the extra letters ẹ, ị, ŋ, ọ, and ụ and several digraphs and trigraphs. Diacritical marks are frequently used for marking tone.| Small | Capital |
| a | A |
| b | B |
| b | B |
| c | C |
| d | D |
| d | D |
| dr | Dr |
| e | E |
| ẹ | Ẹ |
| f | F |
| g | G |
| gb | Gb |
| h | H |
| i | I |
| ị | Ị |
| j | J |
| k | K |
| kp | Kp |
| l | L |
| m | M |
| mb | Mb |
| mgb | Mgb |
| mb | Mv |
| n | N |
| nd | Nd |
| ndr | Ndr |
| ng | Ng |
| nj | Nj |
| ny | Ny |
| ŋ | Ŋ |
| ŋm | Ŋm |
| o | O |
| ọ | Ọ |
| p | P |
| r | R |
| s | S |
| t | T |
| tr | Tr |
| u | U |
| ụ | Ụ |
| v | V |
| w | W |
| w | W |
| y | Y |
| y | Y |
| z | Z |
Marking tone
- High tone: marked by acute accent, e.g. tị.
- Mid tone: unmarked
- Low tone: marked by tilde above, e.g. drã