# Yela-Kela language

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Language

Not to be confused with [Yela language (Papua New Guinea)](/source/Yela_language_(Papua_New_Guinea)) or [Kela language (New Guinea)](/source/Kela_language_(New_Guinea)).

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] Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30, traditionally C.70 Tetela) Mongo Kela Language codes ISO 639-3 Either: kel – Kela yel – Yela Glottolog yela1238 Guthrie code C.74, 75[2]

**Kela** (Ikela, Okela), or *Lemba*, and **Yela** are a [Bantu language](/source/Bantu_language) of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) spoken by several hundred thousand people in the [Kasai-Oriental](/source/Kasai-Oriental), where the spoken dialect is "Kela", and [Équateur Province](/source/%C3%89quateur_(former_province)), where the spoken dialect is "Yela".[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-e18_1-0)** [Kela](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/kel/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) [Yela](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/yel/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Guthrie_2-0)** Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. [New Updated Guthrie List Online](https://web.archive.org/web/20180203191542/http://goto.glocalnet.net/mahopapers/nuglonline.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

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