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Lele

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3lln

Population  26,000 (1991 UBS).
Region  Tandjilé region, Tandjilé Ouest Department, south of Kélo.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 93
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.2, 1
Language use  Vigorous.
Language development  NT: 1991.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Different from Lele [lel] of Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Lela dialect of Kasem [xsm] of Ghana and Burkina Faso.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BURQUEST, Donald A.; SIMONS, Pamela C., authors. 1986. "Some comments on nasalization in Lele."

COPE, Pamela S., author. 1993. "The plural in Lele."

Vernacular Publications

N ʼbal go tibe kub lele, maktub 1, 2. 1983.