Teke languages

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Teke
EthnicityTeke people
Geographic
distribution		Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologkasa1251

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)
Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu)
Tiene (B.80)
Mfinu (B.80)
Mpuono (B.80)

Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additionar B.80 languages:[2]

Teke (Kasai–Ngounie)
  • Wuumu-Mpuono [fix links]
  • 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

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
  2. ^ 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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