Southern Bantoid is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages together with several smaller branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon. Because the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionSub-Saharan Africa, not further west than Nigeria 2 Proto-Language Status Compare
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Source Southern Bantoid languages (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 3Quote, Lead sentence 3
Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Southern Bantoid languages (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 3Quote, Lead sentence 3
Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.
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1. Glottolog: Southern Bantoid (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 704
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Southern Bantoid languages (Wikipedia)
Infobox: region
Sub-Saharan Africa, but not further west than Nigeria
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Southern Bantoid
View the SourceWikidata: Southern Bantoid languages
Wikidata Q3183152, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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