The Tetela languages are a clade of
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 Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The t ...
s coded Zone C.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with C.81 Dengese and C.89, the Shuwa "dialect" of
Bushoong, the languages form a valid node. They are:
:
Tetela–
Hamba,
Kusu,
Nkutu,
Yela,
Ombo, (C80)
Dengese
The Dengese, also known as the Ndengese, are an ethnic group from Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak Bondengese and Lingala
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Rep ...
,
Shuwa (Pianga)
However, Yela is the same language as
Kela Kela or KELA may refer to:
* KelA, a sports club in Kellokoski, Finland
* KELA (AM), a radio station (1470 AM) licensed to Centralia-Chehalis, Washington, United States
* Kela (Finnish institution), the Finnish social security agency
* Kela (trib ...
, which is classified differently.
Maho (2009) adds
Langa to C.70.
Footnotes
References
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