Bantu dialect continuum of Central Africa
North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
- /b/ can also be heard as [ɓ] in free variation.
- /ɡ/ can be heard as [ɣ] when in between vowels.[3]
- Sounds /d͡ʒ, ⁿt͡ʃ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ can also be heard as alveolar [d͡z, ⁿt͡s, ⁿd͡z] in free variation.
- The following sounds can be labialized as [bʷ, kʷ, fʷ, sʷ, d͡zʷ, ɲʷ, lʷ, mʷ, ᵐbʷ, ⁿt͡ʃʷ, ⁿd͡ʒʷ, ᵑkʷ, ᵑɡʷ].
- The labialized sounds /kʷ, ᵑkʷ/ can also be heard as [ᵑk͡p, ᵑk͡p].
- The following sounds can be palatalized as [pʲ, bʲ, kʲ, fʲ, sʲ, t͡sʲ, lʲ, mʲ, ᵐpʲ, ᵐbʲ, ⁿt͡ʃʲ].
- Sounds /i, a, u/ can be heard as [ɪ, ə, ʊ] in lax position.[4]
Alphabet[edit]
North Teke alphabet 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 |
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 |
References[edit]
- ^ North Teke at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Tsoue, Pamela C. (2017). Etude des marqueurs verbaux du lètὲɣὲ: langue bantu parlee au Gabon (B71a). Université François Rabelais de Tours.
- ^ Linton, Pauline (2016). L’Orthographe du Latege.
Works cited[edit]
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