Kela-Yela language
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Not to be confused with Yela language (Papua New Guinea) or Kela language (New Guinea).
| Kela | |
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| Yela | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Kasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela) |
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Native speakers
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unknown (180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela cited 1972 and 1977)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: kel – Kela yel – Yela |
| Glottolog | yela1238[2] |
C.74, 75[3] |
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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 language is called "Kela", and Equateur Province, where it's called "Yela".[4]
References
- ↑ Kela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Yela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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