East Teke language

East Teke
Bali
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
Native speakers	200,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Teke (B.70) East Teke
Dialects	Mosieno Ng'ee Bali (Tio)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tek`
Glottolog	`ibal1241`^[2]
Guthrie code	`B.75–76`^[3]

East Teke is a member of the Teke dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. The dialects Mosieno and Ŋee (Esingee) may constitute a separate language from Tio (Teo, Tyo) AKA Bali (Ibali) (Teke proper).

References

↑ East Teke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ibali Teke". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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