Botatwe languages
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The Botatwe languages are a group of Bantu languages
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...

 established by Christine Ahmed (1995). They are Guthrie group M.60 (Lenje–Tonga) plus some of the Subia languages (K.40):
  • Tonga
    Tonga language (Zambia)
    The Tonga language of Zambia and Zimbabwe is a Bantu Language primarily spoken by the Tonga people in those countries who live mainly in the Southern and Western provinces of Zambia, and in northern Zimbabwe, with a few in Mozambique. The language is also spoken by the Tonga, Ila, Iwe, Toka and...

    (incl. Dombe, Sala, Kafue Twa)
  • Ila (Lundwe)
  • Soli
  • Lenje
    Lenje language
    Lenje is a Bantu language of central Zambia. The Lukanga dialect is spoken by the Lukanga Twa Pygmies, fishermen of the Lukanga Swamp....

     (incl. Lukanga Twa
    Lukanga Twa
    The Twa of the Lukanga Swamp of Zambia are one of several fishing and hunter-gatherer castes living in a patron–client relationship with farming Bantu peoples across central and southern Africa...

    )
  • Subia (K40): Fwe
    Fwe language
    Fwe, or Chifwe, is a Bantu language spoken by 10,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia. It is closely related to Kuhane, and is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.-External links:*...

     (Sifwe), Kuhane
    Kuhane language
    Kuhane, or Subiya, also known as Kwahane, Chikuahane, Chikwahane, Ciikuhane, or Mbalangwe, is a Bantu language spoken by 35,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana. In Tswana it is known as Subiya . It is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click...

     (Subiya, Mbalang'we)

Poorly described Totela was not addressed directly, but is assumed to be Subia.

Nurse (2003) suspects that Sabi
Sabi languages
The Sabi languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Christine Ahmed . They constitute much of Guthrie's Zone M, plus Nsenga. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:*Taabwa...

may be related.
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