Keliko or Kaliko is an ethnic group from

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

, bordering

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, and Uganda. Most members of this ethnic group are Christians.{{cn, date=December 2022 They speak the

Keliko language Keliko (Kaliko) is a Central Sudanic languages, Central Sudanic language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. Omi language, Omi was once considered a dialect. Locations A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Keliko reside in the ...

, which is a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of this group likely exceeds 10,000. The Keliko people are found in Lujule west and Wudabi payams in

Morobo County Morobo County is a county in the Central Equatoria, South Sudan. Morobo County borders Uganda and Congo. The county is mainly occupied by Kakwa speaking people, Keliko and Lugbara. The people in Morobo are farmers doing local farming mostly ...

, Central Equatoria State (CES) and in Ombachi in

Yei County Yei River County is an administrative area in Central Equatoria, the area is a cradle land of the Kakwa tribe under the Bari ethnic speaking groups. But as time went on and development began it started hosting many people from different parts of ...

, CES, South Sudan. Some are also in the DR Congo and Uganda. The KELIKO people has a motto that says Trú álõ bã 'orá which means together we can. The Wycliffe Bible Translators, in the Fall of 2018, gave to the Keliko People a translation of the New Testament in their own language. There were 1000 translated New Testaments distributed.{{Cite web, last=Prior, first=Phil, date=2020-01-15, title=Keliko New Testament: The 1000th Translation Completed with SIL and Alliance Engagement, url=https://www.wycliffe.net/keliko-new-testament-the-1000th-translation-completed-with-sil-and-alliance-engagement/, access-date=2022-12-04, website=Wycliffe Global Alliance, language=en-US

The rivers in keliko land

* Ejirima * Kembe * Adekede * Chokoli *Kembe *Yei *Kawe

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{{Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Ethnic groups in South Sudan {{authority control Ethnic groups in South Sudan Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-stub {{SouthSudan-ethno-group-stub In DRC, they are called kaliko umi, more especially from Laibo, Mado, awubha awuzi and so on. There is a slight pronousation between Kaliko people in South Sudan and the in DRC.