Lele language (Chad)

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Name (Hebrew)
שפת ללה (צ'אד)
Name (Latin)
Lele language (Chad)
Name (Arabic)
لغة ليلي (تشاد)
See Also From tracing topical name
Chadic languages
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Chad
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1641493
Library of congress: sh2001000988
Sources of Information
  • Frajzyngier, Zygmunt. A Grammar of Lele, 2001:p. 1 (Lele, an East Chadic language is spoken in Chad in the town of Kélo and in the canton south of Kélo)
  • Fivaz, D. African languages : a genetic and decimalised classification for bibliographic and general reference, 1977:p. 175, index (lists 5 Lele languages and dialects, including 1 var. Lyele, 1 Chadic lang., 1 Mandekan lang., and 1 Igbira lang.) p. 77 (Lele, Chadic lang., in the Somrai Subgroup)
  • Biebuyck, D.P. African Ethnonyms, 1996:p. 150 (Leele (Zaire), var. Lele) p. 162 (Lyele (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, var. Lele) does not list Lele in Chad)
  • Ethnologue, 13th ed. Internet ed., 1996:index (Lele (Chad), Lele (Zaire), Lele (Papua New Guinea), Lele, var. Lyele (Burkina Faso), Lele (Guinea)) under Chad (Lele: SW Chad, Tandjile Prefecture. Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East. Different from Lele of Zaire and Lele (Kasena) of Ghana and Burkina Faso) under Zaire (Lele (var. Usilele, Bashilele), listed as a Congo lang., different from Lele of Central African Republic and Chad) under Burkina Faso (Lyele, var. Lele, Gur language) under Guinea (Lele, no var. a Mandekan language, separate from Maninka)