North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
North Teke | |
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Tɛgɛ | |
Native to | Congo, Gabon |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2000–2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | teg |
Glottolog | teke1275 |
B.71 [2] |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
prenasal vl. | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᵑk | ||
prenasal vd. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |
voiced | b͡v | (d͡z) | d͡ʒ | ||
prenasal vl. | ᶬp͡f | (ⁿt͡s) | ⁿt͡ʃ | ||
prenasal vd. | (ⁿd͡z) | ⁿd͡ʒ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
voiced | v | (ɣ) | |||
prenasal vl. | ᶬf | ||||
prenasal vd. | ᶬv | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Rhotic | tap | ɾ | |||
trill | r | ||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Uppercase | A | B | D | DZ | E | F | G | I | K | L | M | N | NY | Ŋ | O | P | PF | R | S | T | TS | U | V | W | Y |
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Lowercase | a | b | d | dz | e | f | g | i | k | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | p | pf | r | s | t | ts | u | v | w | y |