Yaka language (Congo–Angola)

Yaka
	Iyaka
	Kiyaka
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
Ethnicity	Yaka
Native speakers	900,000 (2000)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Yaka languages (H.30) Yaka; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; yaf – Kiyaka; noq – Ngoongo; ppp – Pelende (duplicate code)[1]; lnz – Lonzo (duplicate code)[1]
Glottolog	yaka1269[3]
Guthrie code	H.31[4]

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).[4] The alleged varieties Pelende and Lonzo are political rather than ethnolinguistic entities.[1]

References

Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
Kiyaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngoongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pelende (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Lonzo (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[H-1] Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

[e18-2] Kiyaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ngoongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pelende (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Lonzo (duplicate code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-4] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online