| Ethnicity | Teke people |
|---|---|
| Region | Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas |
| Familycolor | Niger-Congo |
| Fam 2 | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam 3 | Volta-Congo |
| Fam 4 | Benue–Congo |
| Fam 5 | Bantoid |
| Fam 6 | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam 7 | Bantu (Zone B.70) |
| Fam 8 | Teke–Mbere? |
| Iso 3 | tek |
| Glotto | kasa1251 |
| Glottorefname | Kasai–Ngounie |
The Teke languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken by the Teke people in the western Congo and in Gabon. They are coded Zone B.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the Teke languages apart from West Teke form a valid node with Tende (part of B.80):[1]
- Tsege
- Teghe (Tɛgɛ, North Teke)
- Ngungwel (Ngungulu, NE Teke) – Central Teke (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu, Boo/Boma/Eboo)
- Tio (Bali) – East Teke (Mosieno, Ng'ee/Ŋee)
- Kukwa (Kukuya, South Teke)
- Fuumu (South Teke) – Wuumu (Wumbu)
- Tiene (B.80)
- Mfinu (B.80)
- Mpuono (B.80)
Pacchiarotti et al. (2019) retain West Teke and include additional B.80 languages:[2]
- Teke (Kasai–Ngounie)
- Boma Nkuu
- Wuumu-Mpuono
- Mfinu
- Kwa South: East Teke
- Kwa–Kasai North
- Boma Yumu
- Sakata
- Tiinic: Boma Nord, Kempee, Tiene
- Central Kasai–Ngounie
- Ngungwel, Central Teke (Teke-Eboo-Nzikou)
- Interior Kasai–Ngounie
- Teke-Fuumu
- Teke-Kukuya
- Teke-Tyee
- West Kasai–Ngounie
- Teke-Tsaayi
- Mbere: Kaningi, Ndumu, Latege, Mbere-Mbamba, Tchitchege
- Teke-Laali, Yaka, Njebi, Tsaangi, Duma, Wandji, Vili of Ngounie