Nyasa languages

Nyasa languages
Nyasa
Geographic
distribution:		 Malawi and surrounding areas, C Mozambique
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
Subdivisions:
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The Nyasa languages are an apparently valid genealogical group of Bantu languages. With the reassignment of a couple Guthrie Zone N languages to other branches, Nyasa is essentially synonymous with Zone N. The languages and their Guthrie identifications are:

Poorly known Mwera-Nyasa is N20 and presumably belongs here as well. Nurse (2003) has doubts about Nyungwe and Sena.



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