Yela-Kela language

Not to be confused with Yela language (Papua New Guinea) or Kela language (New Guinea).

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".^[3]

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)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30, traditionally C.70 Tetela) Mongo Kela
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: kel – Kela yel – Yela
Glottolog	yela1238
Guthrie code	C.74, 75^[2]

References

1. Kela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Yela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009.
3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices