Tiene language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Tiene

|nativename=Tende

|region=

|states=DR Congo

|speakers=24,000

|date=1977

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Teke (B.70)
(previously Tiene-Yanzi, B.80)

|iso3=tii

|glotto=tien1242

|glottorefname=Tiene

|guthrie=B.81

}}

Tiene (Tiini), or Tende, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo.