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Sira languages

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The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification, part of the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family. The group includes Punu, Bwisi, Varama, Vungu, Shira-Bwali, Sangu, Lumbu, Vili and Kunyi, spoken across Gabon and neighboring parts of central Africa, with Maho's 2009 classification adding Ngubi as a further member.

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The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification.
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