Yaka languages

E636929

Yaka languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yaka language 3
Yaka languages canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
arealFeature Kongo–Yaka area ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Suku people ⓘ
Yaka people ⓘ
glottologCode yakan1272 ⓘ
hasMember Hungana language ⓘ
Lonzo language ⓘ
Pelende language ⓘ
Sonde language ⓘ
Suku language ⓘ
Yaka language (Angola) ⓘ
Yaka language (DRC) ⓘ
ISO639-3 yaf (for main Yaka variety) ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo ⓘ
linguisticClassification Bantu Zone H ⓘ
linked to: Bantu zone H
partOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu (Narrow Bantu) ⓘ
linked to: Narrow Bantu

Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Bantoid
region northwestern Angola ⓘ
southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
relatedTo Hungan language ⓘ
Kongo languages ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Bantu languages → hasSubgroup → Yaka languages ⓘ
Bantu W languages → hasMember → Yaka language ⓘ
linked to: Yaka languages
Kwango-Kwilu languages → hasMember → Yaka language ⓘ
linked to: Yaka languages
Bantu zone P → hasMemberLanguage → Yaka language ⓘ
linked to: Yaka languages
Yaka → subgroup → Yaka languages ⓘ
Kongo languages → closelyRelatedTo → Yaka languages ⓘ