Keliko (Kaliko) is a

Central Sudanic Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria and ...

language of the

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

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. Omi was once considered a dialect.

Locations

A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Keliko reside in the following bomas of

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 ...

. (Morobo County was reported to have a majority of ethnic Kakwa people.) *Alutu Boma (Wudabi Payam) *Nyei Boma (Wudabi Payam) *Yugufe Boma ( Lujule Payam) *Kendre Boma ( Lujule Payam) *Kembe Boma ( Lujule Payam) Ethnic Keliko are also found 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 ...

, in Asole Boma (Lasu Payam).

References

Moru-Madi languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo mk:Омиски јазик {{ns-lang-stub