| North Teke | |
|---|---|
| Tɛgɛ | |
| Native to | Congo, Gabon |
Native speakers | (140,000 cited 2000–2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | teg |
| Glottolog | teke1275 |
B.71 | |
North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ᶬb͡v | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |