The Soko or Soko–Kele languages are a clade of
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The t ...
s coded Zone C.50–60 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from
Mongo
Mongo may refer to:
Geography Africa
* Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city
* Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction)
* Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom
* Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributar ...
(Nkundo), the languages form a valid node. They are:
: (C50)
Mbesa,
Soko
Soko ( sh-Cyrl, Соко) was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force.
SOKO was created in 1950 by the rel ...
(So),
Poke,
Lombo,
Kele (Lokele, incl. Foma); (C60)
Ngando (incl. Lalia)
Maho (2009) adds
Likile and
Linga
A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional im ...
to C50. ''Ethnologue'' notes a Bantu but otherwise unclassified
Moingi language on the river in the middle of Soko–Kele territory.
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References
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