| Southern Bantu
Bantu zone S
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| Geographic distribution: |
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique |
| Genetic classification: |
Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Central Bantu ? Southern Bantu |
| Subdivisions: |
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The Southern Bantu languages, also known as Bantu zone S, are the only one of Guthrie's mostly geographic divisions of the Bantu languages which is also a valid linguistic group. They include all of the important Bantu languages of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, and several important languages of southern Mozambique.
Languages
- Chopi: Chopi, Tonga
- Nguni languages
- Zunda: Xhosa,* Zulu,* Northern Ndebele
- Tekela: Swati,* Phuthi, Southern Ndebele,* Lala
- Shona: Shona proper, Dema, Kalanga, Manyika, Ndau, Nambya, Tawara, Tewe
- Sotho-Tswana: Lozi, Tswana,* Tswapong
- Sotho: Birwa, Northern Sotho (Pedi),* Southern Sotho (Sesotho)*
- Tswa-Ronga: Ronga, Tswa, Gwamba, Tsonga*
- Venda*
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