Teke languages

{{Short description|African language family}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Teke

|ethnicity=Teke people

|region=Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu (Zone B.70)

|fam8=Teke–Mbere?

|iso3= tek

|glotto=kasa1251

|glottorefname=Kasai–Ngounie

}}

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):{{cite book |editor1-last=Nurse |editor1-first=Derek |editor2-last=Philippson |editor2-first=Gérard |title=The Bantu languages |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780700711345}}

: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: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.

;Teke (Kasai–Ngounie)

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