Sabi languages
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The Sabi 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 constitute much of Guthrie's Zone M, plus Nsenga. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:
  • Taabwa
    Taabwa language
    Taabwa , or Rungu , is a Bantu language of Congo and Zambia spoken by half a million or so people....

     (Malungu, M40)
  • Tumbuka-Senga
    Tumbuka-Senga
    Senga is an erstwhile 'dialect' of Tumbuka that is actually a distinct language, more closely related to Bemba ....

     (N20)
  • South Sabi: Bemba
    Bemba language
    The Bemba language, ChiBemba , is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the...

    –Unga (M40), Aushi, Lala-Bisa
    Lala-Bisa language
    Lala-Bisa is a Bantu language of Zambia that is closely related to Bemba....

    , Seba, Swaka, Lamba
    Lamba language
    Lamba is a language found in Zambia. It is related to Bemba and is commonly spoken in the Copperbelt. There are about 210,000 native speakers in the northern parts of Zambia and southern fringes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lamba is also spoken in Lusaka, mainly because many speakers...

     (M50)


Bwile
Bwile language
Bwile is a divergent Bantu language of Zambia and DR Congo. The number of speakers is unknown: Ethnologue reports 12,400 were counted in DR Congo in 2002, and the same number in the Zambian census of 1969....

 may belong here as well, as it is part of Guthrie's M40 group and Nurse (2003) does not note it as an exception, but it is not close to other languages and was not addressed by Ahmed.

Nurse (2003) suspects that Botatwe
Botatwe languages
The Botatwe languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Christine Ahmed . They are Guthrie group M.60 plus some of the Subia languages :*Tonga *Ila *Soli*Lenje The Botatwe languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Christine Ahmed (1995). They are Guthrie group M.60...

may be related.
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