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Bantu is a language group that belongs to the Niger-Congo group.

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Bantu languages are spoken in South Cameroon, in Gabon, Congo, [Democratic Republic of Congo]?, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.

The language family has hundreds of members. They have been classified by Guthrie in 1948 into groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R and S and then numbered within the group. ([List of Bantu Language Names with synonyms ordered by Guthrie number]). Guthrie as well reconstructed Proto-Bantu as the Proto-language of this language family.


The Bantu language with the largest number of speakers is Swahili (G 40).

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* Berkeley Comparative Bantu Online Dictionary [CBOLD]; includes a comprehensive bibliography.
* [Bantu online ressources by Jacky Maniacky]


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Bantu is a language group that belongs to the Niger-Congo group.

Bantu languages are spoken in South Cameroon, in Gabon, Congo, [Democratic Republic of Congo]?, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.

The language family has hundreds of members. They have been classified by Guthrie in 1948 into groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R and S and then numbered within the group. ([List of Bantu Language Names with synonyms ordered by Guthrie number]). Guthrie as well reconstructed Proto-Bantu as the Proto-language of this language family.

The Bantu language with the largest number of speakers is Swahili (G 40).

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