Yaka language (Congo–Angola)
- Not to be confused with the Aka language of the Aka people, which is also known as Yaka, or with Yaka language (Congo)
Yaka | |
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Iyaka | |
Kiyaka | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Ethnicity | Yaka |
Native speakers | 900,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Variously: yaf – Kiyaka noq – Ngoongo ppp – Pelende lnz – Lonzo |
Glottolog |
yaka1278 (Yaka–Suku; adds Suku & Samba)[2] |
H.31 [3] |
Yaka, also spelled Iaca and Iyaka, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. There are four dialects, Yaka proper, which comprises 99% of speakers, and Ngoongo (distinguish West Ngongo language), Pelende, and Lonzo.[3]
References
- ↑ Kiyaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngoongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pelende at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Lonzo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yaka–Suku". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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