African language family
TheTeke languages are a group ofBantu languages spoken by theTeke people in the westernCongo and inGabon. They are coded Zone B.70 inGuthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the Teke languages apart fromWest 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 additional B.80 languages:[2]
- Teke (Kasai–Ngounie)
- Boma Nkuu
- Wuumu-Mpuono
- Mfinu
- Kwa South:East Teke
- Kwa–Kasai North
- Boma Yumu
- Sakata
- Tiinic:Boma Nord,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:Kaningi,Ndumu,Latege,Mbere-Mbamba,Tchitchege
- Teke-Laali,Yaka,Njebi,Tsaangi,Duma,Wandji,Vili of Ngounie
- ^Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003).The Bantu languages. London: Routledge.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.
