Teke Dictionary

Alternate names Kwe, Tee, Tyee, West Teke User population Teke-tyee is spoken by 14,400 people (2019) living in the Bouenza and Pool departments of the Republic of Congo. Language Status 6a (Vigorous). Classification Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Teke (B.73) Dialects None known. Lexical similarity: 85% with Kukuya [kkw] and Eboo [ebo]. Language Use Used by all. Also use Kituba [mkw]. Language Development Texts. Bible portions: 2010–2014. online at: https://www.webonary.org/teke-tyee/browse/?lang=en The teke dictionary or lexicon is also published on webonary by sil.