Teke languages

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Teke

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Tek

Teke (also East - Teke, Ibali, Kiteke and Teke - Ibali ) is a Bantu language and is spoken by approximately 203,200 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.

It is distributed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Territoires Kwamouth and Masina and the province of Kinshasa with about 167,000 speakers, and in the Republic of Congo in the Pool region with about 36,200 speakers.

Teke is written in the Latin script. Approximately 65-85 % of second -language speakers can read and write.

Classification

Teke forms with the languages ​​Ngungwel, Tchitchege, Teke - Eboo, Teke - Fuumu, Teke - Kukuya, Teke - Laali, Teke - Nzikou, Teke - Tege, Teke - Tsaayi, Teke - Tyee Yaka and the Teke group. After the classification of Malcolm Guthrie Teke belongs to the Guthrie - area B70.

Teke has the dialects Mosieno, Ngee (also Esingee ) and Bali (also Ambali, Teo, Tio and Tyo ).

Language family Pool Department Second language Tsege language Central Teke language Fuumu language Kukuya language North Teke language West Teke language
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