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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Congo > Yaka

Yaka

A language of Congo

ISO 639-3iyx

Population  10,000 (1988).
Region  Lekoumou region, Sibiti area.
Language map  Congo, reference number 56
Alternate names   Iyaka, West Teke, Yaa
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 91% with Laali [lli], 74% with Tsaayi [tyi], 69% with Tyee [tyx].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Teke (B.70)