Lele language (Bantu)

Lele
Lele
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnicity	Lele people
Native speakers	(26,000 cited 1971)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bushoong languages (C.80) Lele; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lel
Glottolog	lele1265
Guthrie code	C.84

Lele (also spelled Bashilele, Usilele) is a Bantu language belonging to the Bushoong group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the west edge of Kasaï Province, in Ilebo and Tshikapa territories; the extreme east of Kwilu Province, in Idiofa and Gungu territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.