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African language family
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 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.