Kela | |
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Yela | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | Kasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela) |
Native speakers
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(180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela cited 1972 and 1977) |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: kel – Kela yel – Yela |
Glottolog | yela1238 |
C.74, 75 |
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".