The Chokwe–Luchazi languages are 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 K.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),
they form a valid node. They include:
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Chokwe
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Luvale
The Luvale people, also spelled Lovale, Balovale, Lubale, as well as Lwena or Luena in Angola, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola. They are closely related to the Lunda and Ndembu to the northeast, but t ...
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Luchazi
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Mbunda
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Nyengo
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Luimbi
References
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