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.