West Teke language
| West Teke | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Republic of Congo, Gabon |
| Ethnicity | Teke, Bongo Pygmies |
Native speakers |
120,000 (ca.2000)[1] (some figures undated) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: tyi – Tsaayi lli – Laali iyx – Yaa tyx – Tyee (Kwe) |
| Glottolog |
west2839[2] |
B.73[3] | |
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)
Laali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Yaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Tyee (Kwe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "West Teke". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
| Official language | |
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