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. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices