Teke languages

E240265

The Teke languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Teke people across parts of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Teke languages canonical 5
Teke language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language family subgroup
areMutuallyIntelligible partially
ethnologueMacroLanguageCode teg
glottologCode teke1280
hasAlternativeName Teke dialect cluster
Teke group
hasMember Teke-Boma language
Teke-Eboo languages
surface form: Teke-Eboo language

Teke-Eboo languages
surface form: Teke-Fuumu language

Teke-Ibali language
Teke-Kega language
Teke-Kukuya language
Teke-Eboo languages
surface form: Teke-Laali language

Teke–Mbede languages
surface form: Teke-Mbere language

Teke-Ngungwel language
Teke-Eboo languages
surface form: Teke-Nzikou language

Teke-Ibali language
surface form: Teke-Tio language

Teke-Tsaayi language
Teke-Kukuya language
surface form: Teke-Tyee language

Teke-Kega language
surface form: Teke-Yaka language
hasSubgroup Teke-Eboo languages
Teke–Mbede languages
surface form: Teke-Mbere languages
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3CollectiveCode teg
languageBranch Bantu Zone B
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
locatedIn Central Africa
primaryCountries Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
region Congo Rainforest
surface form: Congo Basin
relatedTo Kongo languages
Tsaangi language
spokenBy Teke people
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tone language
usedBy ethnic group in Congo Basin
usedFor oral communication

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nzebi lexicalSimilarityWith Teke languages
Western Bantu languages hasSubgroup Teke languages
Bantu W languages hasMember Teke languages
Teke hasAlternativeName Teke languages
this entity surface form: Teke language
Teke macrolanguageGrouping Teke languages