Teke languages

Teke
Ethnicity	Teke people
Geographic distribution	Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.70) Teke–Mbere? Teke
Glottolog	None teke1283  (Teke (B.70))

The Teke languages are a series 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):

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)

References

• Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.