West Teke language
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West Teke | |
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Native to | Republic of Congo, Gabon |
Ethnicity | Teke, Bongo Pygmies |
Native speakers
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120,000 (ca.2000)[1] (some figures undated) |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously: tyi – Tsaayi lli – Laali iyx – Yaa tyx – Tyee (Kwe) |
Glottolog | west2839 [2] |
B.73 [3] |
West Teke is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.
West Teke is a dialect continuum. The varieties are Tsaayi (Ge-Tsaya, Tyaye, Tsayi), Laali, Yaa (Yaka), and Tyee (Tee, Kwe). The dominant variety by far is Tsaayi.
References
- ↑ Tsaayi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Laali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Yaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Tyee (Kwe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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