Central Teke language

Central Teke
Eboo
Native to Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
– 45,000 Ngungwel (1988)[1]
– 20,000 Boo in Congo (2000)[2]
Dialects
  • Ngungwel
  • Mpu (Mpumpu)
  • Boo (Eboo)
  • Ndzindziu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
ngz – Ngungwel
ebo – Boo
nzu – Nzikou[3]
Glottolog cent2278  Central Teke[4]
ngun1272  Ngungwel[5]
B.72,74[6]

Central Teke is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum 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.

References

  1. ↑ Ngungwel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Teke-Eboo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Central Teke". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ngungwel". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  6. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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