West Teke | |
States: | Republic of Congo, Gabon |
Ethnicity: | Teke, Bongo Pygmies |
Dateprefix: | ca. |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e18 |
Speakers2: | (some figures undated) |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone B) |
Fam6: | Nzebi (B.50) (traditionally Teke, B.70) |
Lc1: | tyi |
Ld1: | Tsaayi |
Lc2: | lli |
Ld2: | Laali |
Lc3: | iyx |
Ld3: | Yaa |
Lc4: | tyx |
Ld4: | Tyee (Kwe) |
Guthrie: | B.73 |
Glotto: | west2969 |
Glottoname: | West Kasai-Ngounie |
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.