List of Bantu languages

List of Bantu languages

=(Narrow) Bantu languages=

This is a more complete list of Bantu languages, divided up into the classificatory zones of Guthrie (1967-1971):
*Northwest
**Zone A ( Duala, Ewondo, Fang , Bassa )
**Zone B ( Kota, Teke, Punu, Tsogo )
**Zone C ( Lingala, Ngombé, Mongo, Tetela, Kuba)
*Central
**Zone D (Lengola, Enya, Mbole, Mituku, Bembe, Buyu, Nyanga, Bhele (Piri), Bila, Bodo, Bera (Bira), Budu, Homa, Kaiku, Komo, Kango, Ndaka, Nyali, Amba, Vanuma, Mbo, Kare, Bali, Beeke, Hamba, Holoholo, Kanu, Kwami, Shabunda-Lega, Mwenga-Lega, Lika, Songoora (Dialects: Gengele, North Binja, South Binja), Zimba)
**Zone E (Gweno, Kahe, Chaga (Chaga languages: Machame Mochi, Rombo, Vunjo), Rusa, Malakote, Chonyi, Digo, Duruma, Giryama (Nyika), Segeju, Pokomo (Upper and Lower), Taita, Sagalia, Logoli, Kabwa, Gusii, Ikizu, Kuria, Ngurimi, Ikoma (Nata), Sonjo (Temi), Suba, Sizaki, Ware, Zanaki, Dhaiso, Embu, Gikuyu, Chuka, Meru, Tharaka, Mwimbi, Muthambi)
**Zone F (Bende, Fipa, Mambwe, Lungu, Pimbwe, Rungwa, Tongwe, Konongo, Kimbu, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sumbwa, Bungu, Langi, Mbugwe, Nilamba, Nyaturu (Rimi), Mbugu)
**Zone G
**Zone H
**Zone J (Chiga, Ganda, Gungu)
**Zone K (Lunda)
**Zone L (Bwile, Kaonde, Nkoya, Mbwera, Bangubangu, Binji, Kete, Luna, Songe, Mbagani, Budya, Hemba, Kanyok, Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Lwalu, Sanga)
**Zone M (Bemba)
**Zone N (Manda, Mantengo, Ngoni, Tonga, Mpoto, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Nsenga, Barwe, Kunda, Nyungwe, Phimbi, Sena, Malawi Sena, Podzo, Rue)
**Zone P (Yao, Mwera, Makonde, Machinga, Nyasa, Mabiha, Ndonde Hamba, Ndendeule, Matumbi, Mbunga, Ndengereko, Ngindo, Nindi, Rufiji, Chuwabu, Maindo, Koti, Kokola, Lolo, Manyawa, Lomwe, Ngulu, Marenje, Takwane, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makhuwa-Moniga, Makhuwa-Shirima, Makhuwa-Marrevone, Makhuwa-Saka)
**Zone R (Herero, Zemba, Yeyi, Umbundu (South Mbundu), Ndombe, Nyaneka, Nkhumbi, Kwanyama, Ndonga, Kwambi, Ngandyera, Mbalanhu)
**Zone S (Dema, Kalanga, Manyika, Ndau, Nambya, Shona, Zezuru, Toko Tawara, Tewe, Chopi, Tonga-Inhambane, Ronga, Tsonga, Tonga, Tswa, Venda, Swati (Swazi), Phuthi, Xhosa, Zulu, Zimbabwe Ndebele, North Transvaal Ndebele, Southern Transvaal Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Birwa, Kgalagadi, Lozi, Tswana, Tswapong)
**Unclassified (Boguru, Gbati-ri, Isanzu, Ngbee, Kari, Mayeka, Ngbinda, Nyanga-li, Songo, Songa)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bantu languages — Bantu Geographic distribution: Subsaharan Africa, mostly Southern Hemisphere Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid …   Wikipedia

  • List of languages by name — NOTOC This list of languages is alphabetical by English name of the language.Ethnologue lists about 7,300 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 39,491 alternate language names and… …   Wikipedia

  • List of languages by number of native speakers — For various estimates of the total speakers of the top dozen languages, see List of languages by total number of speakers. Current distribution of human language families For larger map, scroll towards end of article. The following tables list… …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Africa — There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa. [ [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/MajorLanguages Major Languages of Africa] ] About a hundred of these are widely used for inter ethnic communication. They fall into …   Wikipedia

  • Bantu-Sprachen — Die Bantusprachen bilden eine Untergruppe des Volta Kongo Zweigs der afrikanischen Niger Kongo Sprachen. Es gibt etwa 500 Bantusprachen, die von ca. 200 Mio. Menschen gesprochen werden. Sie sind im gesamten mittleren und südlichen Afrika… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of English words of African origin — This is a list of English language words that come from any of the Sub Saharan African languages. It excludes placenames except where they have become common words.the wildkid kid= who is crazy wild *aardvark Afrikaans word, meaning earth (or… …   Wikipedia

  • List of linguists — Linguistics …   Wikipedia

  • Bantu speaking peoples of South Africa — Black South Africans were at times officially called Bantu by the apartheid regime. The term Bantu is derived from the word for people common to many of the Bantu languages. In South Africa Bantu is no longer in wide use as a description of black …   Wikipedia

  • List of language families — See also: Language family This List of language families includes also language isolates, unclassified languages and other types of languages. Contents 1 Major language families 1.1 By number of native speakers 1.2 By number of languages …   Wikipedia

  • List of South African slang words — South African slang reflects many different linguistic traditions. Afrikanerisms This list of Afrikanerisms comprises slang words and phrases influenced by Afrikaans. Typical users include people with Afrikaans as their first language but who… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”