The Teke languages are a group of

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spoken by the Teke people in the western

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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): : Tsege : Teghe (Tɛgɛ, North Teke) : Ngungwel (Ngungulu, NE Teke) – Central Teke (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu, Boo/Boma/Eboo) :

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(Bali) – East Teke (Mosieno, Ng'ee/Ŋee) : Kukwa (Kukuya, South Teke) : Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu) :

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(B.80) :

Mfinu Mfinu (also known as Emfinu, Funika, Mfununga, Ntsiam or Ntswar) is a Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and ...

(B.80) : Mpuono (B.80) Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additional B.80 languages: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. ;Teke (Kasai–Ngounie) * Boma Nkuu * Wuumu-Mpuono ix links*

*Kwa South: East Teke *Kwa–Kasai North ** Boma Yumu ** Sakata **Tiinic: Boma Nord, Kempee,

**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,

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