The Southern Bantu, or siNtu, languages are a large group of Bantu languages spoken in the region of southern Africa. They are nearly synonymous with Guthrie's Bantu zone S.
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RegionSouth Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini. 1 Proto-Language StatusProto-Southern Bantu is reconstructed as first spoken sometime during the second millennium CE in the borderland where South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique meet, the same region where the different Southern Bantu subgroups converge today. 1 Southern Bantu languages
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Source Sotho language (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Tswana Language
Source Wikipedia: Xhosa Language
Source Wikipedia: Zulu Language
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The Southern Bantu or siNtu languages are a large group of Bantu languages spoken in the region of southern Africa.
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1. Wikipedia: Southern Bantu languages
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South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini
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Proto-Southern Bantu was first spoken some time during the 2nd millennium CE within the borderland between South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, where the different Southern Bantu subgroups meet.
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Wikipedia: Xhosa Language
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Wikipedia: Zulu Language
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Southern Bantu
Wikipedia: Tswana Language
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Southern Bantu
Sotho language (Wikipedia)
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Southern Bantu
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