Yaka

E645171

Yaka is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring regions of Central Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yaka canonical 1
Yaka of Congo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Iyaka ⓘ
Kiyaka ⓘ
Yaka of Congo ⓘ
linked to: Yaka
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yaka people ⓘ
glottocode yaka1269 ⓘ
guthrieClassification H31 ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
hasTone true ⓘ
higherFamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Benue–Congo ⓘ
Southern Bantoid ⓘ
iso639-3Code yaf ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger–Congo ⓘ
languageStatus vigorous use ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
macrolanguageOf Yaka dialect cluster ⓘ
region Bandundu Province ⓘ
linked to: Bandundu region

Central Africa ⓘ
Kasai region ⓘ
southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
subfamily West Bantu ⓘ
subgroup Yaka languages ⓘ
usedBy several hundred thousand speakers ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Yaka → alternateName → Yaka of Congo ⓘ
linked to: Yaka