Kelo is a moribund Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan.

Kelo
Region	Sudan
Native speakers	(undated figure of 200)[1] not extinct (1997); the figure of 200 was added to Ethnologue after this comment[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Eastern Eastern Jebel Aka–Kelo–Molo Kelo
Dialects	Kelo Beni-Sheko
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xel
Glottolog	kelo1246
ELP	Kelo
Kelo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

A closely related variety called Beni Sheko has been documented by Bender (1997).[2] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic groups as Kelo speakers (Bender 1997: 190).

References

External links

• Kelo basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database