Kele language (New Guinea)

Kele
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionManus Island
Native speakers
1,500 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sbc
Glottologkele1258

Kele or Gele’ is a language spoken in the easterly section of inland Manus Island, New Guinea.[1] Its name comes from the Kele word for "there".[2]

  1. ^ a b Kele at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Crowley, Terry; Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm (2002). The Oceanic Languages. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 123-25