{{Short description|African language family}} {{Infobox language family |name=Teke |ethnicity=Teke people |region=Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Volta-Congo |fam4=Benue–Congo |fam5=Bantoid |fam6=Southern Bantoid |fam7=Bantu (Zone B.70) |fam8=Teke–Mbere? |iso3= tek |glotto=kasa1251 |glottorefname=Kasai–Ngounie }}
The '''Teke languages''' are a group of Bantu languages spoken by the Teke people in the western Congo and in Gabon. They are coded Zone B.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the Teke languages apart from West Teke form a valid node with Tende (part of B.80):<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nurse |editor1-first=Derek |editor2-last=Philippson |editor2-first=Gérard |title=The Bantu languages |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780700711345}}</ref>
:Tsege :Teghe (Tɛgɛ, North Teke) :Ngungwel (Ngungulu, NE Teke) – Central Teke (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu, Boo/Boma/Eboo) :Tio (Bali) – East Teke (Mosieno, Ng'ee/Ŋee) :Kukwa (Kukuya, South Teke) :Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu) :Tiene (B.80) :Mfinu (B.80) :Mpuono (B.80)
Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additional B.80 languages:<ref>Sara Pacchiarotti, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri & Koen Bostoen (2019) 'Untangling the West-Coastal Bantu mess: identification, geography and phylogeny of the Bantu B50–80 languages.' ''Africana Linguistica'' 21: 87–162.</ref> ;Teke (Kasai–Ngounie) *Boma Nkuu *Wuumu-Mpuono *Mfinu *Kwa South: East Teke *Kwa–Kasai North **Boma Yumu **Sakata **Tiinic: Boma Nord, Kempee, Tiene **Central Kasai–Ngounie ***Ngungwel, Central Teke (Teke-Eboo-Nzikou) ***Interior Kasai–Ngounie ****Teke-Fuumu ****Teke-Kukuya ****Teke-Tyee ****West Kasai–Ngounie *****Teke-Tsaayi *****Mbere: Kaningi, Ndumu, Latege, Mbere-Mbamba, Tchitchege *****Teke-Laali, Yaka, Njebi, Tsaangi, Duma, Wandji, Vili of Ngounie
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Category:Teke languages
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