Bantu Languages

picture info	Bantu Languages The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" versus "dialect"."Guthrie (1967–71) names some 440 Bantu 'varieties', Grimes (2000) has 501 (minus a few 'extinct' or 'almost extinct'), Bastin ''et al.'' (1999) have 542, Maho (this volume) has some 660, and Mann ''et al.'' (1987) have ''c.'' 680." Derek Nurse, 2006, "Bantu Languages", in the ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', p. 2:Ethnologue report for Southern Bantoid" lists a total of 535 languages. The count includes 13 Mbam languages, which are not always included under "Narrow Bantu". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bantu Peoples The Bantu peoples are an Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native Demographics of Africa, African List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states. There are several hundred Bantu languages. Depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" or "dialect", it is estimated that there are between 440 and 680 distinct languages. The total number of speakers is in the hundreds of millions, ranging at roughly 350 million in the mid-2010s (roughly 30% of the demographics of Africa, population of Africa, or roughly 5% of world population, the total world population). About 90 million speakers (2015), divided into some 400 ethnic or tribal groups, are found in the Democratic Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kele–Tsogo Languages Kele–Tsogo is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s, coded Zone B.10–30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they are: Kele (B.20) Tsogo–Myene * Myene (B.10) ** Tsogo (B.30) References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kongo Languages The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo: : Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi language, Ndingi, Kunyi language, Kunyi, Mboka language, Mboka, Kongo language, Kongo, Western Kongo, Laari language, Laari (Laadi), Vili language, Vili, Yombe language, Yombe, Suundi language, Suundi Languages ''Glottolog'', based on Koen Bostoen (2018, 2019), classifies two dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows: Kikongo language cluster Hungan-Samba: Hungan language, Hungan, Samba language, Samba Nuclear cluster Yaka-Suku: Suku language, Suku, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo language, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo "Kikongoic" *Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe Kambakunyic Kikongo *Kamba-Kunyi: Kaamba language, Kaamba, Kunyi language, Kunyi *Kilaadic Kikongo **Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo language, Doondo, Laari language, Laari, Suundi language, Suund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kilombero Languages The Kilombero languages are a group of Bantu languages The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ... of Tanzania established in Nurse (1988). The languages, along with their Guthrie identifications, are: Pogolo (G50) * Mbunga (P10), Ndamba (G50) Notes {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mbugwe–Rangi Languages Mbugwe–Rangi are a pair of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s left after the languages of Zone F.30 in Guthrie's classification were reclassified. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. : Mbugwe, Rangi (Langi) Footnotes References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tongwe Language Tongwe (''Sitongwe'') and Bende (''Sibende'') constitute a clade of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language. Phonology Additionally, Bende has four tones; high, low, rising, and falling. References Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Northeast Bantu Languages The Northeast Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in East Africa. In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones E50 plus E46 (Sonjo), E60 plus E74a (Taita), F21–22, J, G60, plus Northeast Coast Bantu (of zones E & G).Derek Nurse, 2003, ''The Bantu Languages'' Some of these languages (F21, most of E50, and some of J) share a phonological innovation called Dahl's law that is unlikely to be borrowed as a productive process, though individual words reflecting Dahl's law have been borrowed into neighboring languages. The languages, or clusters, are: Northeast Bantu languages Kikuyu–Kamba Thagiicu (primarily E50): Sonjo (E40) * Cuka * Meru (incl. Tharaka, Mwimbi-Muthambi) South *Kamba, Daisu Gikuyu, Embu Chaga–Taita * Taita (Dawida; E70) – Sagalla * Chaga languages (E60) Northeast Coast Bantu (G10-G40): Swahili (E70), ''etc.'' Takama: Sukuma– Nyamwezi (+ Konongo–Ruwila), Kimbu (F20), Iram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nyanga–Buyi Languages Nyanga–Buyi are a pair of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s left after the languages of Zone D.40–50 in Guthrie's classification were reclassified. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. : Nyanga, Buyi References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebonya Languages Lebonya is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zone D in Guthrie's classification. There are three branches: * Lengola Bodo Bodo may refer to: Ethnicity Boro people, also called ''Bodo'', an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India * Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Boro people Culture an ... the Nyali languages ''Glottolog'' 2.3 classifies Bodo instead as one of the Ngendan languages. References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Boan Languages Boan (Buan, ''Ababuan'') is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zones C and D in Guthrie's classification.McMaster, Mary Allen. 1988. ''Patterns of Interaction: A comparative ethnolinguistic perspective on the Uele region of Zaïre ca. 500 A.D. to 1900 A.D.'' Los Angeles: University of California. 346. There are three branches: '' Komo'' (D20) ''Bali'' (D20), ? Beeke Bomokandian (the various Bwa and Biran languages) * Biran (Bira–Amba) (D22, D30) '' Homa (Ngenda)'' (D40) ''Lika'' (D20) ** Bati–Angba (Bwa) (C40) Beeke is an erstwhile member of the Nyali cluster that seems to be closest to Bali. In the ''Glottolog'' 2.3 classification, several additional, poorly attested languages are included as being closest to Homa/Ngenda: ''Bali'' (D20) Old Bomokandian Komoic (Biran, incl. Komo) Middle Bomokandian (Lika & Bati–Angba) Ngbele–Ngenda Extreme-north Vestigial-suffix Bantu: Kari, Ngbee, Nyanga-li (Gbati-ri) Ngendan Homa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lega–Binja Languages The Lega–Binja languages are part of the Bantu languages coded Zone D.20 in Guthrie's classification, specifically D.24–26, which according to Nurse & Philippson (2003) form a valid clade. According to ''Ethnologue'', Bembe, which Nurse & Philippson were not sure belonged in its traditional group of D.50, is the closest language to Lega-Mwenga; ''Glottolog ''Glottolog'' is an open-access online bibliographic database of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials ( grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database also contains the most up-to-d ...'' has it closest to Songoora. The resulting languages are: : Shabunda-Lega (incl. Kanu, Kwami), Mwenga-Lega, Bembe, Songoora (North Binja), Zimba (South Binja) Footnotes References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mbole–Enya Languages The Mbole–Enya languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone D.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart possibly from Lengola the languages form a valid node. The other languages are: : Enya Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961; anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of over 80 million albums sold worldwide, Enya is the best-selli ...–Zura, Mbole, Mituku Nyali languages (D.33) may also belong. Lengola is part of the Lebonya proposal. References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

picture info	Bantu Languages The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" versus "dialect"."Guthrie (1967–71) names some 440 Bantu 'varieties', Grimes (2000) has 501 (minus a few 'extinct' or 'almost extinct'), Bastin ''et al.'' (1999) have 542, Maho (this volume) has some 660, and Mann ''et al.'' (1987) have ''c.'' 680." Derek Nurse, 2006, "Bantu Languages", in the ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', p. 2:Ethnologue report for Southern Bantoid" lists a total of 535 languages. The count includes 13 Mbam languages, which are not always included under "Narrow Bantu". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bantu Peoples The Bantu peoples are an Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native Demographics of Africa, African List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states. There are several hundred Bantu languages. Depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" or "dialect", it is estimated that there are between 440 and 680 distinct languages. The total number of speakers is in the hundreds of millions, ranging at roughly 350 million in the mid-2010s (roughly 30% of the demographics of Africa, population of Africa, or roughly 5% of world population, the total world population). About 90 million speakers (2015), divided into some 400 ethnic or tribal groups, are found in the Democratic Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kele–Tsogo Languages Kele–Tsogo is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s, coded Zone B.10–30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they are: Kele (B.20) Tsogo–Myene * Myene (B.10) ** Tsogo (B.30) References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kongo Languages The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo: : Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi language, Ndingi, Kunyi language, Kunyi, Mboka language, Mboka, Kongo language, Kongo, Western Kongo, Laari language, Laari (Laadi), Vili language, Vili, Yombe language, Yombe, Suundi language, Suundi Languages ''Glottolog'', based on Koen Bostoen (2018, 2019), classifies two dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows: Kikongo language cluster Hungan-Samba: Hungan language, Hungan, Samba language, Samba Nuclear cluster Yaka-Suku: Suku language, Suku, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo language, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo "Kikongoic" *Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe Kambakunyic Kikongo *Kamba-Kunyi: Kaamba language, Kaamba, Kunyi language, Kunyi *Kilaadic Kikongo **Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo language, Doondo, Laari language, Laari, Suundi language, Suund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kilombero Languages The Kilombero languages are a group of Bantu languages The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ... of Tanzania established in Nurse (1988). The languages, along with their Guthrie identifications, are: Pogolo (G50) * Mbunga (P10), Ndamba (G50) Notes {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mbugwe–Rangi Languages Mbugwe–Rangi are a pair of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s left after the languages of Zone F.30 in Guthrie's classification were reclassified. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. : Mbugwe, Rangi (Langi) Footnotes References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tongwe Language Tongwe (''Sitongwe'') and Bende (''Sibende'') constitute a clade of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language. Phonology Additionally, Bende has four tones; high, low, rising, and falling. References Bantu languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Northeast Bantu Languages The Northeast Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in East Africa. In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones E50 plus E46 (Sonjo), E60 plus E74a (Taita), F21–22, J, G60, plus Northeast Coast Bantu (of zones E & G).Derek Nurse, 2003, ''The Bantu Languages'' Some of these languages (F21, most of E50, and some of J) share a phonological innovation called Dahl's law that is unlikely to be borrowed as a productive process, though individual words reflecting Dahl's law have been borrowed into neighboring languages. The languages, or clusters, are: Northeast Bantu languages Kikuyu–Kamba Thagiicu (primarily E50): Sonjo (E40) * Cuka * Meru (incl. Tharaka, Mwimbi-Muthambi) South *Kamba, Daisu Gikuyu, Embu Chaga–Taita * Taita (Dawida; E70) – Sagalla * Chaga languages (E60) Northeast Coast Bantu (G10-G40): Swahili (E70), ''etc.'' Takama: Sukuma– Nyamwezi (+ Konongo–Ruwila), Kimbu (F20), Iram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nyanga–Buyi Languages Nyanga–Buyi are a pair of Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...s left after the languages of Zone D.40–50 in Guthrie's classification were reclassified. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. : Nyanga, Buyi References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lebonya Languages Lebonya is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zone D in Guthrie's classification. There are three branches: * Lengola Bodo Bodo may refer to: Ethnicity Boro people, also called ''Bodo'', an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India * Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Boro people Culture an ... the Nyali languages ''Glottolog'' 2.3 classifies Bodo instead as one of the Ngendan languages. References {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Boan Languages Boan (Buan, ''Ababuan'') is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zones C and D in Guthrie's classification.McMaster, Mary Allen. 1988. ''Patterns of Interaction: A comparative ethnolinguistic perspective on the Uele region of Zaïre ca. 500 A.D. to 1900 A.D.'' Los Angeles: University of California. 346. There are three branches: '' Komo'' (D20) ''Bali'' (D20), ? Beeke Bomokandian (the various Bwa and Biran languages) * Biran (Bira–Amba) (D22, D30) '' Homa (Ngenda)'' (D40) ''Lika'' (D20) ** Bati–Angba (Bwa) (C40) Beeke is an erstwhile member of the Nyali cluster that seems to be closest to Bali. In the ''Glottolog'' 2.3 classification, several additional, poorly attested languages are included as being closest to Homa/Ngenda: ''Bali'' (D20) Old Bomokandian Komoic (Biran, incl. Komo) Middle Bomokandian (Lika & Bati–Angba) Ngbele–Ngenda Extreme-north Vestigial-suffix Bantu: Kari, Ngbee, Nyanga-li (Gbati-ri) Ngendan Homa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lega–Binja Languages The Lega–Binja languages are part of the Bantu languages coded Zone D.20 in Guthrie's classification, specifically D.24–26, which according to Nurse & Philippson (2003) form a valid clade. According to ''Ethnologue'', Bembe, which Nurse & Philippson were not sure belonged in its traditional group of D.50, is the closest language to Lega-Mwenga; ''Glottolog ''Glottolog'' is an open-access online bibliographic database of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials ( grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database also contains the most up-to-d ...'' has it closest to Songoora. The resulting languages are: : Shabunda-Lega (incl. Kanu, Kwami), Mwenga-Lega, Bembe, Songoora (North Binja), Zimba (South Binja) Footnotes References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mbole–Enya Languages The Mbole–Enya languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone D.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart possibly from Lengola the languages form a valid node. The other languages are: : Enya Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961; anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish singer and composer. With an estimated equivalent of over 80 million albums sold worldwide, Enya is the best-selli ...–Zura, Mbole, Mituku Nyali languages (D.33) may also belong. Lengola is part of the Lebonya proposal. References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]