The Mboshi–Buja languages are a proposed intermediate 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 that comprise a large part of Guthrie's
Zone C:
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Ngondi–Ngiri (C10, some C30)
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Mboshi (C20)
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Buja–Ngombe languages
The Buja–Ngombe languages are a group of Bantu languages reported to be a valid clade by Nurse & Philippson (2003). They are Buja (C.37), the Ngombe languages (C.41), and Tembo (C.46):
: Budza– Tembo–Kunda–Gbuta–Babale, Ngombe (Doko) ...
(C37, C41)
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