Language Family

West Nyanza languages

African Language Families

The West Nyanza languages are a subgroup of the Great Lakes Bantu languages spoken in Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Classification Confidence

Established 1

Reconstructed Ancestor

Reconstructed 2

Region

Uganda, Tanzania, the DRC and Rwanda 2

Proto-Language Status

Proto-West Nyanza 2

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Number of Languages

17 1

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Sources

1. Glottolog: West Nyanza (languoid record)

Glottolog

Languoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 17
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"

2. West Nyanza languages - Wikipedia

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