| Kela | |
| Also Known As: | Yela |
| States: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region: | Kasai (Kela), Equateur Province (Yela) |
| Speakers: | 180,000 Kela, 33,000 Yela |
| Date: | 1972 and 1977 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu (Zone C) |
| Fam6: | Bangi–Ntomba (C.30, traditionally C.70 Tetela) |
| Fam7: | Mongo |
| Lc1: | kel |
| Ld1: | Kela |
| Lc2: | yel |
| Ld2: | Yela |
| Glotto: | yela1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Yela-Kela |
| Guthrie: | C.74, 75 |
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".[1]