Tetela languages
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The Tetela languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with C.81 Dengese and C.89, the Shuwa "dialect" of Bushoong, the languages form a valid node. They are:
- TetelaTetela languageTetela , also Sungu, is a Bantu language of northern Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a member of the Tetela family of Bantu languages and is closely related to Nkutu, Kusu, and Yela....
–Hamba, Kusu, Nkutu, Yela, Ombo, (C80) DengeseDengese languageDengese is a Bantu language of northern Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo....
, Shuwa (Pianga)