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Language family
The Southern Bantu languages are a large group of
Bantu languages, largely validated in Janson (1991/92).
[1] They are nearly synonymous with Guthrie's
Bantu zone S, apart from the debated exclusion of
Shona and inclusion of
Makhuwa. They include all of the major Bantu languages of
South Africa,
Botswana,
Lesotho,
Eswatini, and
Mozambique, with outliers such as
Lozi in
Zambia and
Namibia, and
Ngoni in Zambia,
Tanzania and
Malawi.
Language groups are followed by their code in the
Guthrie classification. Both Shona and Makhuwa languages are included in this tree.
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^ Tore Janson (1991-92) "Southern Bantu and Makua", Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika (SUGIA) Vol. 12/13: 63-106,
Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Cologne
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Zone A | A10 | |
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A20 | |
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A30 | |
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A60 | |
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A90 | |
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Zone D | D10 | |
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Zone E | [J]E10 | |
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Zone J* | [J]D40 | |
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[J]F20 | |
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