Botatwe languages
The Botatwe languages are a group of Bantu languages. They are the languages of Guthrie group M.60 (Lenje–Tonga) plus some of the Subia languages (K.40):
- Tonga (incl. Dombe, Leya)
- Ila (Lundwe, Sala)
- Soli
- Lenje (incl. Lukanga Twa)
- Subia (K40): Fwe (Sifwe), Kuhane (Subiya, Mbalang'we)
- Totela (K41 and K411)
Botatwe | |
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Geographic distribution | Eastern Zambia, Southeast DR-Congo |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
Glottolog | bota1239[1] |
Kafue Twa may be Ila or Tonga.
Nurse (2003) suspects that the Sabi languages may be related.
Notes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Botatwe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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