| Keliko or Kaliko is an ethnic group from both South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, and few Moved to Uganda . Most members of this ethnic group are Christians. In DRC, they are called kaliko umi, more especially from Laibo, Mado, awubha awuzi and so on. There is a slight pronousation between Kaliko people in South Sudan and those in DRC.They speak the Keliko language, which is a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of this group likely exceeds 10,000.The Keliko people are found in Lújúlē and Ūdábī payams west of Morobo County, Central Equatoria State (CES) and in Ūmbãci in Yei County, CES, South Sudan. Some are also in the DR Congo and Uganda. The KELIKO people has a motto that says Trú álõ bã 'orá which means together we can.
The Wycliffe Bible Translators, in the Fall of 2018, gave and dedicated to the Keliko People a translation of the New Testament in their own language. There were 1000 translated New Testaments distributed. |
