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

Teke-Tyee

A language of Congo

ISO 639-3tyx

Population  14,400. 490,000 all Teke languages in Congo (Johnstone 1993).
Region  Lekoumou region, Bouenza.
Language map  Congo, reference number 52
Alternate names   West Teke
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 85% with Kukuya [kkw] and Eboo [ebo].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Teke (B.70)
Comments  Traditional religion.