Central Teke language
Central Teke | |
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Eboo | |
Native to | Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers |
– 45,000 Ngungwel (1988)[1] – 20,000 Boo in Congo (2000)[2] |
Dialects |
Ngungwel
Mpu (Mpumpu)
Boo (Eboo)
Ndzindziu
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Variously: ngz – Ngungwel ebo – Boo nzu – Nzikou[3] |
Glottolog |
cent2278 (Central Teke)[4]ngun1272 (Ngungwel)[5] |
B.72,74 [6] |
Central Teke is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. Central Teke dialects are Ngungwel and Mpu (Mpumpum), Boo (Boma, Eboo – cf. Boma language), and Nzikou (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu). They are spoken in the Malebo Pool region of the Republic of Congo, with an unknown number of Boo speakers in DRC.
References
- ↑ Ngungwel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Teke-Eboo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Central Teke". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngungwel". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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