The Teke languages are a group of
Bantu languages
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spoken by the
Teke people in the western
Congo and in
Gabon
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. 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)
Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additional B.80 languages:
[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.]
;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
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,
Wandji,
Vili of Ngounie
Footnotes
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