Kukuya language
| Kukuya | |
|---|---|
| Southern Teke | |
| Native to | Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Plateaux Department |
Native speakers | (39,000 cited 2000) |
| unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kkw |
| Glottolog | teke1280 |
B.77a | |
The Kukuya language, Kikukuya [kìkýkȳā], also transcribed Kukẅa and known as Southern Teke, is a member of the Teke dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. It is the only language known to have a phonemic labiodental nasal /ɱ/. The name of the language comes from the word kuya "plateau".