The Yaka 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.
The t ...
s coded Zone H.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), with a couple additions the languages form a valid node. They are:
:
Yaka,
Suku–
Sonde
Sonde (French for ''probe'') may refer to:
Electronic probes
*CTD (instrument), a type of water quality sensor
*Ionosonde, a radar for examining the ionosphere
*Radiosonde, a piece of equipment used on weather balloons
*Rocketsonde, a sounding roc ...
,
Mbangala,
Shinji (Yungo), (H40)
Hungana, (B80)
Yansi
Yans (Yanzi) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Bayanzi.
There are six language varieties Guthrie classified as Bantu B.85 (Yans):
*B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi
*B.85B East Yans
*B.85C Yeei
*B.85D Tsong (Its ...
(a variety or varieties)
The Yaka languages appear to be closest to
Kongo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
.
Footnotes
References
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