Yaka, also spelled ''Iaca'' and ''Iyaka'', is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. T ...

spoken in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

and

Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

. There are two dialects, Yaka proper, which comprises 99% of speakers, and Ngoongo (distinguish

West Ngongo language Ding (also called ''Di'' or ''Dzing'') is a Bantu language that is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Maho (2009) considers the following to be distinct languages closely related to Ding: : B861 Ngul (Ngwi), B862 Lwel (Kelwer), B863 Mpi ...

). The alleged varieties Pelende and Lonzo are political rather than ethnolinguistic entities.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yaka language (Congo-Angola) Yaka languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Languages of Angola