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ISO 639-3 · eboebo
Niger–Congo family

Central Teke

Central Teke is a language of the Teke branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ebo
Glottocode
teke1278
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
13levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameCentral Teke
Also calledCentral Teke language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Central Teke

The branches above Central Teke, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch133Central-Western Bantubranch29Dingicbranch11Boma–Dzingbranch9Kasai-Ngouniebranch8Teke–Mbedebranch4TekebrancheboCentral Tekelanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Republic of the Congo44 languages in the indexDemocratic Republic of the Congo166 languages in the index

Also spoken in Republic of the Congo

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationallinLingalaNiger–Congo · 20 m3 · Wider CommunicationkonKongoNiger–Congo · 5 mSafefanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationkkwKukuyaunclassified · 38,8006a · VigorouszneZandeNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingaxkAkaNiger–Congo5 · DevelopinggbaGbayaNiger–CongobniBangiNiger–Congo6a · VigorousbkwBekwilNiger–Congo6a · Vigorous