Kukelle

Upper Cross River language of Nigeria

spoken in Yala local Government area

Kele
Kukelle
Native to	Cross River Nigeria
Ethnicity	Ukelle
Native speakers	180,000 to 200,000 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central North–South Koring–Kukele Kele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kez`
Glottolog	`kuke1242`

Kele (Kukelle) is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria. This language is mostly spoken in Yala Local Government area of Cross River State. Ukelle have North and South Ukelle with slight differences between their intonation.

References

^ Kele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Cross River languages

Central Delta

Abua
Abureni
Kugbo
Obulom
Odual
Ogbogolo
Ogbia
Ogbronuagum
O’chi’chi’

Ogoni

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe
East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha
Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Ukpet-Ehom