The Sira languages are a clade of
Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),
together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are:
: (B.40)
Punu,
Bwisi,
Varama,
Vungu The kingdom or polity of Vungu was a historic mini-state located on the north bank of the Congo River near the modern day town of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the sixteenth century its name was written as "Bungu" reflecting the am ...
,
Shira–Bwali,
Sangu,
Lumbu
Lumbu is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the ...
, (H.10)
Vili,
Kunyi.
Maho (2009) adds
Ngubi.
In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language
Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu.
Footnotes
References
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