Boan languages

Boan (Buan, Ababuan) is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zones C and D in Guthrie's classification.^[1] 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)

Boan
Ababuan
Geographic distribution	Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zones C–D) Boan
Subdivisions	Bati–Angba (Bwa) Komo–Bira
Language codes
Glottolog	abab1240

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, Ngbinda, ?Boguru, ?Bodo (perhaps instead Lebonya)