Great Lakes Bantu languages
The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the Tervuren team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie's largely geographic classification of Bantu.[2]
| Great Lakes Bantu | |
|---|---|
| Bantu zone J | |
| Geographic distribution | Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Lake Victoria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo
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| Glottolog | grea1289[1] |
Languages
The languages are, according to Bastin, Coupez, & Mann (1999), with Sumbwa added per Nurse (2003):
- Gungu (E10)
- Bwari (Kabwari) (D50)
- Konzo (D40): Konjo, Nande
- Shi–Havu (D50): Hunde, Havu, Shi, Tembo, Nyindu, Fuliiro
- Rwanda-Rundi (D60): Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Shubi, Hangaza, Ha, Vinza
- Nyoro–Ganda (E10): Ganda, Nyankore, Nyoro, Tooro, Hema, Chiga, Soga, Gwere, West Nyala, Ruli
- (See also Runyakitara language, Nkore-Kiga)
- Haya–Jita (E20): Haya–Rashi, Talinga-Bwisi, Zinza, Kerebe (Kerewe), Jita–Kara–Kwaya–Ruri, Nyambo, Subi
- Masaba–Luhya (E30): Masaba (incl. Bukusu), Luhya proper, Nyore, Nyole, Samia–Songa, Marachi, Khayo
- Logooli–Kuria (E40): Ngurimi, Ikizu–Sizaki/Shashi, Suba, Suba-Simbiti, Kabwa, Singa, Logoli (Luhya), Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki (Luhya), Gusii (Kisii), Kuria (Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, Sweta), Zanaki, Ikoma, ?Ware
- Sumbwa (F20)
The codes in parentheses are Guthrie's original geographic classification. Maho (2009) adds Yaka.
Notes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Great Lakes Bantu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Derek Nurse, 2003, The Bantu Languages
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