| Northeast Bantu
Northeast Savanna Bantu
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| Geographic distribution: |
Tanzania, Kenya |
| Genetic classification: |
Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Bantu Central Bantu ? Northeast Bantu |
| Subdivisions: |
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The Northeast Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages of East African which share a phonological innovation called Dahl's Law that is unlikely to be borrowed. In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones E50 & 46, E60 & 74a, F21–22, J, G60, plus Northeast Coast Bantu (of zones E & G).[1]
The languages, or clusters, are:
- Kikuyu-Kamba: Gikuyu, Kamba, Embu, Meru, Tharaka, Daisu, Sonjo
- Chaga-Taita: Chaga, Wunjo, Rombo, Machame, Rwa, Moshi, Rusha, Kahe, Gweno, Taita
- Northeast Coast Bantu: Swahili, etc.
- Sukuma: Sukuma, Nyamwezi
- Great Lakes Bantu (zone J): Rwanda, Ganda, etc.
- Bena-Kinga: Sangu, Hehe, Bena, Pangwa, Kinga, Wanji, Kisi
Notes
- ^ Derek Nurse, 2003, The Bantu Languages
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