Yela-Kela language
Language
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Kela (Ikela, Okela), or Lemba, and Yela are a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Kasai-Oriental, where the spoken dialect is "Kela", and Équateur Province, where the spoken dialect is "Yela".[3]
NativetoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionKasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela)
Native speakers
(180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela cited 1972 and 1977)[1]Niger–Congo?
-
Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantoid
- Bantu (Zone C)
- Bangi–Ntomba (C.30,
traditionally C.70 Tetela)- Mongo
- Kela
- Mongo
- Bangi–Ntomba (C.30,
- Bantu (Zone C)
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
| Kela | |
|---|---|
| Yela | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Kasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela) |
Native speakers | (180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela cited 1972 and 1977)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kel – Kelayel – Yela |
| Glottolog | yela1238 |
C.74, 75[2] | |
