Yela-Kela language
| 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?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kel – Kelayel – Yela |
| Glottolog | yela1238 |
C.74, 75[2] | |
Kela (Ikela, Okela), or Lemba, and Yela are a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of 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]
References
- ^ Kela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices