The Teke languages are a group of

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spoken by the

Teke people The Teke people or Bateke, also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the Republic of the Congo, the west of the Democratic Republ ...

in the western Congo and in

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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) :

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(Bali) – East Teke (Mosieno, Ng'ee/Ŋee) : Kukwa (Kukuya, South Teke) : Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu) :

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(B.80) :

Mfinu Mfinu (also known as Emfinu, Funika, Mfununga, Ntsiam or Ntswar) is a Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and ...

(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 ix links*

*Kwa South: East Teke *Kwa–Kasai North ** Boma Yumu ** Sakata **Tiinic: Boma Nord, Kempee,

**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 The Tsege language, ''Tchitchege'', is a member of the Teke dialect continuum of the western Congo Basin The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in ...

***** Teke-Laali, Yaka, Njebi, Tsaangi,

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Wandji Wanzi (Wandji) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Eq ...

Vili of Ngounie Vili (''Ibhili'') is a minor Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest ...

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