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
- Elysee Meta Okubo. 2016. A COLLECTION OF 100 TETELA PROVERBS.
- Mukanga, Ndjeka Elizabeth, Empenge Albert Shefu, Ambaye Albertine Tshefu. 2020. Great Collection of Tetela Proverbs on the African Wisdom. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishers.
Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo