• Yaka, also spelled Iaca and Iyaka, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. There are two dialects, Yaka proper,...
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  • Yaka may refer to the following languages of Africa: Yaka language (Congo–Angola), the most populous, spoken in Angola and the Democratic Republic of...
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    The Yaka are an African ethnic group found in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Angola border to their west. They number about 300,000...
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  • Suku is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is some debate about its classification. Nurse & Philippson (2003) accept its traditional...
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    Congo, however the following ethnic groups account for 51.5% of the population: Luba-Kasaï Kongo Mongo Lubakat Lulua Tetela Nande Ngbandi Ngombe Yaka...
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    Hema Kakwa Lendu Luba Mangbetu Twa Yaka Lunda Other articles Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo "Congo (Kinshasa) (01/08)". U.S. Department...
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  • West Teke is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon. West Teke is a dialect continuum. The varieties are Tsaayi (Ge-Tsaya, Tyaye, Tsayi)...
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  • The Yaka languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone H.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), with a couple additions...
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  • Yaka languages, but one or two are among the Boma–Dzing languages. Maho (2009) notes that the Tsong variety is the then-unclassified "Songo" language...
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  • Shinji (Sinji), or Yungo, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Mbangala and Yaka. According to Multitree, the spellings...
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  • Yaka is a minor Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the north shore of Lake Kivu. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List...
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    dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows: Kikongo language cluster Hungan-Samba: Hungan, Samba Nuclear cluster Yaka-Suku: Suku, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo...
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  • Aka, also known as Yaka or Beka, is a Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic and Republic of Congo, along the Ubangi River dividing the...
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    and one-third of Bantu languages, are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The most widely spoken Bantu language by number of speakers is...
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    the Congo Historical: Colonial Heads of Congo Rulers of Katanga Rulers of Kuba Rulers of Luba Rulers of Ruund (Luunda) Rulers of Kasongo Luunda (Yaka) Rulers...
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  • Look up yaka, þaka, or ya'ka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yaka may refer to: Yaka, Başmakçı Yaka, Bozdoğan Yaka, Düzce Yaka, Gelendost, a village...
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    one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Angola...
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    Coast Bantu languages. NW Angola, W Congo H10 (reduced) Kongo languages H20 Kimbundu languages (?Songo) H30–40 (with Yanzi) Yaka languages H10 and H40...
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    Rulers of Ruund (Luunda) Rulers of Kasongo Luunda (Yaka) Rulers of Kongo Zaire "20 dead in Congo unrest as Kabila clings on to power". IOL. South Africa...
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    Kongo language, and Bayaka (the plural form of Aka/Yaka), used in the Central African Republic. The Congo Pygmy speak languages of the Niger–Congo and Central...
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  • languages form a valid node with West Teke (B.70). The languages are: (B.50) Nzebi, Wanzi, Duma, Tsaangi, (B.70) West Teke (Tsaayi, Laali, Yaa/Yaka,...
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    Balari or Baladi) is an ethnic group of the Republic of the Congo and the name of the language they speak. A subgroup of the Kongo people, the Lari live...
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    Democratic Republic of Congo. Masks typically depicted anthropomorphic qualities and were used for initiations and storytelling. The Yaka people used eccentric...
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    Bantoid language. Population: 400 The Aka of the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo speak Aka (Yaka) which is a Bantu language close to...
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    the Congo usually speak better French and Lingala than Portuguese and Kikongo. All native languages of Angola are considered to be national languages. After...
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  • American singer/songwriter Cat Power yaf is the ISO 630 code for Yaka language (Congo–Angola). This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    Makaa–Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. They...
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    Twa (category Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    the (Proto-Bantu) word *twa was "hunter-gatherer, bushpeople", alongside yaka used for the western (Mbuti) pygmies (Bayaka). As the Twa developed into...
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    do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern...
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  • Mbangala (Bangala) is a Bantu language of Angola. Mbangala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie...
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