Nzebi languages

Nzebi
	Njebi
Geographic; distribution	Central reaches of the Congo River and adjacent areas
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.50) Teke–Mbere? Nzebi; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	njeb1244 (Njebi)[1]; west2839 (West Teke)[2]

The Nzebi languages are a series of Bantu languages spoken in the western Congo and in Gabon. They are coded Zone B.50 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the Nzebi languages form a valid node with West Teke (B.70). The languages are:

(B.50) Nzebi, Wanzi, Duma, Tsaangi, (B.70) West Teke (Tsaayi, Laali, Yaa/Yaka, Tyee)

Maho (2009) adds B502 Mwele and B503 Vili (Ibhili).

Footnotes

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Njebi (B.50)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "West Teke". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

References

Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Njebi (B.50)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "West Teke". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.