Northeast Coast Bantu languages

Northeast Coast Bantu
Geographic
distribution
Tanzania, Kenya, Comoros and Somalia
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottolognort3209

The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are the Bantu languages spoken along the coast of Tanzania and Kenya, and including inland Tanzania as far as Dodoma.[1] In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones G and E.

The languages, or clusters, are:

The Ruvu languages are 60–70% similar lexically.

Mbugu (Ma'a) is a mixed language based largely on Pare.

Notes

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  1. ^ Derek Nurse & Thomas Spear, 1985, The Swahili