Rukwa languages

Rukwa
Corridor–Nyakyusa
Geographic
distribution:
E Zambia, SE DR-Congo
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Glottolog: corr1234[1]

The Rukwa languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Nurse (1988) and Fourshey (2002). They constitute half of Guthrie's Zone M, plus Bungu. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:

Nurse (1988) had established a more limited Mbozi ("Corridor"), without Pimbwe or Bungu, and with the addition of Rungwe tentative.

Maho (2009) adds Penja (possibly extinct), to M30, and Kulwe as closest to Fipa.

Notes

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Corridor Bantu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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