Ethnicity Teke people | ||
Geographic
distribution Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone B.70)
Teke–Mbere?
Teke Glottolog None
teke1283 (Teke (B.70)) | ||
The Teke languages are a series of Bantu languages spoken by the Teke people in the western Congo and in Gabon. They are coded Zone B.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the Teke languages apart from West Teke form a valid node with Tende (part of B.80):
Tsege Teghe (Tɛgɛ, North Teke) Ngungwel (Ngungulu, NE Teke) – Central Teke (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu, Boo/Boma/Eboo) Tio (Bali) – East Teke (Mosieno, Ng'ee/Ŋee) Kukwa (Kukuya, South Teke) Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu) Tiene (B.80) Mfinu (B.80) Mpuono (B.80)References
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