Southern Bantoid languages
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Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branches is uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.[1]
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Southern Bantoid | |
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Geographic distribution | Sub-Saharan Africa, but not further west than Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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Proto-language | Proto-Southern Bantoid |
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Glottolog | sout3152 |
The Southern Bantoid languages shown within the Niger–Congo language family. Non-Southern Bantoid languages are greyscale. |
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