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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Congo > Teke-Kukuya

Teke-Kukuya

A language of Congo

ISO 639-3kkw

Population  38,800 (2000).
Region  Plateaux Province, Lekana District, east of Leketi River.
Language map  Congo, reference number 47
Alternate names   Chikuya, Kikuwa, Koukouya, Kukwa, Southern Teke
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 86% with Boo [ebo], 85% with Tyee [tyx], 81% with Ngungwel [ngz], 80% with Tsaayi [tyi], 79% with Teghe [teg], 75% with Laali [lli], 70% with Yaa [iyx].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Teke (B.70)
Language use  Positive attitude.