Tetela (Ɔtɛtɛla)

Tetela is a Bantu language spoken by about 1 million people in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in Sankuru Province, and also in the north of Kasai-Oriental Province and in Maniema Province.

Tetela is also known as Otetela, Kitetela, Kikitatela or Sungu. Speakers of Tetela call their language Ɔtɛtɛla. It is written with the Latin alphabet, and there is a translation of the Bible in Tetela.

Tetela alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Tetela (Excel)
Details of the Tetela alphabet (PDFs) provided by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text

Ku ndi akawatela ati: Lam'ayunyolombaka, kanyutaki nyati: Shesu, hikumbu laye layali ekila. Diulelu diaye diayi.
Utushaki mbu ya nde yasu ya la lushi la lushi.
Utudimanyia kolo yasu, ne dia ndu shu tatudimanyiaka untu tshe leli la su dikambu. Tutukumiaki lam'eli ehimba.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/2685/LUK.11.TLL

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos in and about Tetela

Information about Tetela | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Tetela
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetela_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetela_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tete1250
https://www.lcs-school.com/post/discover-otetela-a-congolese-language
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/tetela.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/tll

Bantu languages

Aka, Bafaw-Balong, Bangi, Bangubangu, Basaa, Bemba, Bembe, Bena, Benga, Bhaca, Bila, Bube, Budu, Bujeba, Bukusu, Bulu, Bushong, Central Kilimanjaro, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Chuwabu, Comorian, Dciriku, Digo, Duala, Eton, Ewondo, Fang, Fuliiru, Ganda/Luganda, Gogo, Gusii, Gwere, Gyele, Haya, Hehe, Herero, Ibinda, Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki, Ikizu, Ikoma, Jita, Kabwa, Kako, Kamba, Kanyok, Kiga, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisi, Kogo, Komo, Kongo, Konjo, Koti, Kukuya, Kunda, Kuria, Kwambi, Kwasio, Lambya, Lengola, Lingala, Loma, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luchazi, Lunda, Luvale, Luyana, Makaa, Makonde, Makhuwa, Mandekan, Maore, Masaaba, Mbama, Mbere, Mbosi, Mbukushu, Mbunda, Mbuun, Mende, Mongo, Mpiemo, Mushungulu, Mwani, Myene, Nambya, Nande, Ngoni, Ngwii, Njebi, Nkore, North Teke, Northern Ndebele (South Africa), Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Northern Sotho, Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Nyemba, Nyole, Nyoro, Nyungwe, Nzadi, Oroko, OshiWambo, Pagibete, Punu, Ronga, Safwa, Seki, Sena, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Songe, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Sukuma, Swahili, Swati, Tanga, Tembo, Tetela, Tonga, Tooro, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswa, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Vili, Vwanji, Xhosa, Yakam, Yansi, Yao, Yasa, Yeyi, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 24.06.25. Last modified: 25.06.25

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