Mbete languages

Mbete languages
Mbete
Ethnicity: Mbere
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone B.60)
          • Teke–Mbere?
            • Mbete
Subdivisions:
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The Mbete (Mbere) languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.60 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:

Mbete, Kaning'i, Yangho, Mbaama–Mpini, Nduumo

References

  • Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.



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