Bantu dialect continuum of Central Africa
West Teke |
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Native to | Republic of Congo, Gabon |
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Ethnicity | Teke, Bongo Pygmies |
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Native speakers | 120,000 (ca.2000)[1] (some figures undated) |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:
tyi – Tsaayi
lli – Laali
iyx – Yaa
tyx – Tyee (Kwe) |
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Glottolog | west2969 West Kasai-Ngounie |
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| B.73 [2] |
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West Teke is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.
West Teke is a dialect continuum. The varieties are Tsaayi (Ge-Tsaya, Tyaye, Tsayi), Laali, Yaa (Yaka), and Tyee (Tee, Kwe). The dominant variety by far is Tsaayi.
References
- ^ Tsaayi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Laali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tyee (Kwe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Zone A | A10 | |
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)
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