Central Teke is a member of the
Teke languages dialect continuum
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of Variety (linguistics), language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulat ...
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.
Phonology
Consonants
* /h/ is only heard in the Nzikou dialect.
Vowels
* /u/ when preceding a palatal /j/ is heard as
� and when preceding a /w/ is heard as
References
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)
Teke languages