Teke languages
The Teke languages are a language group within Guthrie Zone B of the Bantu languages . It is classified as Guthrie Zone B70 and contains twelve individual languages that are spoken by a total of around 540,000 people in the Republic of the Congo , the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon .
The individual languages are:
- Ngungwel , about 45,000 speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Tchitchege , about 2000 speakers in Gabon
- Teke , approximately 203,000 speakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Eboo , approximately 20,400 speakers in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Fuumu , approx. 8100 speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Kukuya , approximately 38,800 speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Laali , approx. 2100 speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Nzikou , unknown number of speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Teke-Tege , around 65,000 speakers in the Republic of the Congo and Gabon
- Teke-Tsaayi , about 129,500 speakers in the Republic of the Congo and Gabon
- Teke-Tyee , approximately 14,400 speakers in the Republic of the Congo
- Yaka , about 10,000 speakers in the Republic of the Congo