The Tsogo languages are a clade of
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...
s coded Zone B.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:
:
Tsogo (Getsogo),
Himba (Simba),
Pinzi,
Vove,
Kande
Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10)
Myene, following Piron (1997), who makes Tsogo and Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu. Maho adds
Viya (Eviya) and
Bongwe.
Phonology
Source:
Consonants
Vowels
References
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