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Yaka
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu (Zone H.30)
              • Kongo-Yaka
                • Yaka
Glottologyaka1278  (partial match)

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 the languages form a valid node. They are:

Yaka, Suku–Sonde, Mbangala, Shinji (Yungo), (H40) Hungana, (B80) Yansi (a variety or varieties)

The Yaka languages appear to be closest to Kongo.

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Yaka languages

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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 language

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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 the...

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Yaka people

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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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Bantu languages

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Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...

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Guthrie classification of Bantu languages

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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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Yaka

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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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Yansi language

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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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Yaka mein

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Yaka mein is a type of beef noodle soup found in many Creole restaurants in New Orleans. It is also a type of Chinese wheat noodle. The soup consists of...

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Kongo languages

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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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Great Lakes Bantu languages

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The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as...

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Aka language

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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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West Teke language

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continuum. The varieties are Tsaayi (Ge-Tsaya, Tyaye, Tsayi), Laali, Yaa (Yaka), and Tyee (Tee, Kwe). The dominant variety by far is Tsaayi. Tsaayi at Ethnologue...

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Engan languages

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(pTNG) etyma, if Engan languages are indeed members of the Trans-New Guinea family, are: Enga: mona ‘heart’ < *mundun yaka ‘bird’ < *yaka(i) lyaŋa ‘ashes’ <...

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Nzebi languages

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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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Mbangala language

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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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Suku language

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Nurse & Philippson (2003) accept its traditional classification in the Yaka branch of Bantu. Suku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

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Sonde language

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Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) classifies Sonde–Kisoonde as closest to Suku, but lists an adjacent language also...

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Hungana language

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Hungana is an endangered Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hungana at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated...

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Shinji 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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Teke languages

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Tchitchege Teke-Laali, Yaka, Njebi, Tsaangi, Duma, Wandji, Vili of Ngounie Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge...

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Yondu

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the walls of the cavern where they lived contained the mineral trillite ("yaka") which blocks radio waves, thereby shielding them from sensors. Since his...

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Kutubuan languages

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The Kutubuan languages are a small family of neighboring languages families in Papua New Guinea. They are named after Lake Kutubu in Papua New Guinea...

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Languages of Angola

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official language of Angola, but 46 other languages are spoken in the country, mostly Bantu languages. Portuguese is the sole official language. Due to...

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Sahaptin language

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Rude, Noel (1996). "Sketch of Sahaptin, a Sahaptian Language". In Goddard, Ives (ed.). Languages. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 17. Washington...

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Konzo

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reported from all the countries above. "Konzo" means "tied legs" in the Yaka language of southwestern DR Congo and was the designation by the first affected...

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