Tetela language


Tetela, also Sungu, is a Bantu language of northern Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Tetela people.

Phonology

Consonants

  • is heard as an allophone of /k/ in intervocalic positions.

    Vowels

Noun classes

Like other Bantu languages, Tetela grammar arranges nouns into a number of classes. The ancestral system had 22 classes, with most Bantu languages sharing at least ten of them.

Relevant literature

Category:Tetela languages
Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo