Teke-Tyee

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A language of Congo

ISO 639-3
tyx
Alternate Names
West Teke
Population

14,400. 454,000 all Teke languages in Congo (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

Location

Lekoumou and Bouenza regions.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Teke (B.73)
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 85% with Kukuya [kkw] and Eboo [ebo].

Language Development
Bible portions: 2010.
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Traditional religion.