Yela-Kela language
| Kela | |
|---|---|
| Yela | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 
| Region | Kasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela) | 
| Native speakers | (180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela cited 1972 and 1977) | 
| Niger–Congo?
 
 | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: kel– Kelayel– Yela | 
| Glottolog | yela1238 | 
| C.74, 75 | |
Kela (Ikela, Okela), or Lemba, and Yela are a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Kasai-Oriental, where the spoken dialect is "Kela", and Équateur Province, where the spoken dialect is "Yela".