Tsogo languages
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The Tsogo languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:
Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene
, following Piron (1997) who makes Tsogo–Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu, though elsewhere Myene alone is accounted one of the most divergent of the Bantu languages.
- TsogoTsogo languageTsogo is a Bantu language of Gabon. It's one of the principal languages of the Babongo Pygmies....
, Himba (Simba), Pinzi, Vove, Kande
Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene
Myene language
Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages, though Nurse & Philippson place it in with the Tsogo languages...
, following Piron (1997) who makes Tsogo–Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu, though elsewhere Myene alone is accounted one of the most divergent of the Bantu languages.