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
Lujule was a county in then Yei River State, South Sudan that existed April 2016 and 22 February 2020. It is located at around , in the elevation of around 1195 metres.
Social Services
Schools
# kirinya primary school
# gomonja primary scho ...
west and Wudabi payams in
Morobo County, Central Equatoria State (CES) and in Ombachi in
Yei County, 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
References
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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.