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) also known as Bali (Ibali) (Teke proper).

References

↑ East Teke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ibali Teke". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] East Teke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ibali Teke". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online