Teke languages
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Teke language
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| Ethnicity | Teke–Mbere?
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| ISO 639-3 | tek |
| Glottolog | kasa1251 |
The Teke languages are a group 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):[1]
- 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)
- Wuumu(Wumbu)
- Tiene (B.80)
- Mfinu (B.80)
- Mpuono (B.80)
Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additional B.80 languages:[2]
- Teke (Kasai–Ngounie)
- Boma Nkuu
- Wuumu-Mpuono
- Mfinu
- Kwa South: East Teke
- Kwa–Kasai North
- Boma Yumu
- Sakata
- Tiinic: Kempee, Tiene
- Central Kasai–Ngounie
- Ngungwel, Central Teke(Teke-Eboo-Nzikou)
- Interior Kasai–Ngounie
- Teke-Fuumu
- Teke-Kukuya
- Teke-Tyee
- West Kasai–Ngounie
- Teke-Tsaayi
- Mbere: Tchitchege
- Vili of Ngounie
Footnotes
- ISBN 9780700711345.
- ^ Sara Pacchiarotti, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri & Koen Bostoen (2019) 'Untangling the West-Coastal Bantu mess: identification, geography and phylogeny of the Bantu B50–80 languages.' Africana Linguistica 21: 87–162.
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