Ethnicity Yaka Glottolog yaka1269 | Native speakers 900,000 (2000) | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone H)
Yaka languages (H.30)
Yaka ISO 639-3 Variously:
yaf – Kiyaka
noq – Ngoongo
ppp – Pelende (duplicate code)
lnz – Lonzo (duplicate code) | ||
Yaka, also spelled Iaca and Iyaka, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. There are two dialects, Yaka proper, which comprises 99% of speakers, and Ngoongo (distinguish West Ngongo language). The alleged varieties Pelende and Lonzo are political rather than ethnolinguistic entities.
References
Yaka language (Congo–Angola) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA