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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_languagesThe Bantu languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages ranges in the hundreds, depending on the definition of "language" versus … See more
The similarity among dispersed Bantu languages had been observed as early as the 17th century. The term Bantu as a name for the group was coined (as Bâ-ntu) by Wilhelm Bleek in 1857 or 1858, and popularised in his … See more
The most widely used classification is an alphanumeric coding system developed by Malcolm Guthrie in his 1948 classification of the Bantu languages. It is mainly geographic. The term "narrow Bantu" was coined by the Benue–Congo Working Group to distinguish … See more
Following is an incomplete list of the principal Bantu languages of each country. Included are those languages that constitute at least … See more
A case has been made out for borrowings of many place-names and even misremembered rhymes – chiefly from one of the See more
The Bantu languages descend from a common Proto-Bantu language, which is believed to have been spoken in what is now See more
Guthrie reconstructed both the phonemic inventory and the vocabulary of Proto-Bantu.
The most prominent grammatical characteristic of … See moreMap 1 shows Bantu languages in Africa and map 2 a magnification of the Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon area, as of July 2017. See more
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563 rows · Following is a list of Bantu languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and …
See all 563 rows on en.wikipedia.orgGROUP GUTHRIE CODE ISO CODE LANGUAGES A10: Lundu-Balong g… A11 bdu Batanga (Lotanga, Dotanga, A113), Bi… A10: Lundu-Balong g… A12 bdu Lolue (Barue, Babue, Lue, Balue), Bak… A10: Lundu-Balong g… A13 bwt “Bafaw” (A141, Bafo, Lefo,’Afo), ... A10: Lundu-Balong g… A14 bvg Bongken (Bonkeng, Bonkeng-Pendia, ...
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Parts of the Bantu area include languages from other language families (see map). The Bantu language with the largest total number of speakers is Swahili. The Bantu language with the …
- ISO 639-2 and 639-5: bnt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Bantu_languages
East Sotho (Pulana, Khutswe and Pai)Lozi Tswana ("West Sotho") Birwa Tswapong Kgalagadi Sotho Northern Sotho (Sepedi) Southern Sotho (Sesotho) East Sotho (Pulana, Khutswe and …
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- Glottolog: sout3180
- Proto-language: Proto-Southern Bantu
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The languages are, according to Bastin, Coupez, & Mann (1999), with Sumbwa added per Nurse (2003): Gungu (E10) Bwari (Kabwari) (D50) Konzo (D40): Konjo, Nande , ? Kobo Shi–Havu …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_peoples
The Bantu peoples, or Bantu, are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. They are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central Africa to …
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The Southern Bantu languages, also known as Bantu zone S, are a group of languages in the Bantu language family. It was first described by Malcolm Guthrie in 1948. Guthrie's divisions …
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Wikimedia Commons. Languages. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Go to top. Kimbundu. Kinyarwanda. Kogo language. Kongo …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu
Bantu may refer to: Bantu languages, constitute the largest sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages Bantu peoples, over 400 peoples of Africa speaking a Bantu language Bantu …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language
Classification. Swahili is a Bantu language of the Sabaki branch. In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E70, commonly under the name Nyika. Historical …
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