Central Teke language

{{Short description|Teke language of Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Central Teke

|nativename=

|states=Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

|speakers={{sigfig|45000|2}} Ngungwel

|date=1988

|ref=e25

|speakers2={{sigfig|20400|2}} Boo (2000)

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Teke (B.70)

|dia1=Ngungwel

|dia2=Mpu (Mpumpu)

|dia3=Boo (Eboo)

|dia4=Ndzindziu

|lc1=ngz|ld1=Ngungwel

|lc2=ebo|ld2=Boo

|lc3=nzu|ld3=Nzikou

|glotto=ngun1278

|glottorefname=Ngungwel-Eboo

|guthrie=B.72,74

}}

Central Teke is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. Central Teke dialects are Ngungwel and Mpu (Mpumpum), Boo (Boma, Eboo – cf. Boma language), and Nzikou (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu).Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices They are spoken in the Malebo Pool region of the Republic of Congo, with an unknown number of Boo speakers in DRC.