The Ngondi–Ngiri languages are a clade of
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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s. The Ngondi languages are coded Zone C.10 (Ngondi) in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node with the Ngiri language(s) of C.30:
: Ngondi (C.10):
Aka
Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to:
* "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name
Languages
* Aka language (Sudan)
* Aka language, in the Central African Republic
* Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka
* a prefix in the n ...
(Yaka, Benzele) –
Ngando (incl. Kota),
Bole (Dibole),
Ngondi,
Pande (incl. Gongo),
Mbati,
Bomitaba–Enyele–Bondongo–Mbonzo,
Bongili,
Bala (Lobala),
Bomboli–Bozaba; (C.30)
Ngiri (Loi, Likila)–Mabale–Ndobo–Litoka–Balobo–Enga
Footnotes
References
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