Overview
North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
Consonants
* /b/ can also be heard as ɓ in free variation. * /ɡ/ can be heard as ɣ when in between vowels. * 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 k͡p, ᵑk͡p . * The following sounds can be palatalized as pʲ, bʲ, kʲ, fʲ, sʲ, t͡sʲ, lʲ, mʲ, ᵐpʲ, ᵐbʲ, ⁿt͡ʃʲ .
Vowels
* Sounds /i, a, u/ can be heard as ɪ, ə, ʊ in lax position.