Central Teke language

Central Teke
Eboo
Native to	Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	– 45,000 Ngungwel (1988)[1] – 20,000 Boo in Congo (2000)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Teke (B.70) Central Teke
Dialects	Ngungwel Mpu (Mpumpu) Boo (Eboo) Ndzindziu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: ngz – Ngungwel ebo – Boo nzu – Nzikou[3]
Glottolog	cent2278  (Central Teke)[4] ngun1272  (Ngungwel)[5]
Guthrie code	B.72,74[6]

Central Teke is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. Central Teke dialects are Ngungwel and Mpu (Mpumpum), Boo (Boma, Eboo – cf. Boma language), and Nzikou (Njyunjyu/Ndzindziu). They are spoken in the Malebo Pool region of the Republic of Congo, with an unknown number of Boo speakers in DRC.

References

1. Ngungwel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Teke-Eboo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Central Teke". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
5. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ngungwel". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
6. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online