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