Nyanga–Buyi languages

Nyanga–Buyi languages
Nyanga–Buyi
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone D.40–50)
          • Nyanga–Buyi
Subdivisions:
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Nyanga–Buyi are a pair of Bantu languages left after the languages of Zone D.40–50 in Guthrie's classification were reclassified. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node.

Nyanga, Buyi

References

  • Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.



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