Great Lakes Bantu
| Great Lakes Bantu | |
|---|---|
| Bantu zone J | |
| Geographic distribution |
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Lake Victoria |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger–Congo
|
| Glottolog | grea1289 |
The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the Tervuren team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie's largely geographic classification of Bantu.
The languages are, according to Bastin, Coupez, & Mann (1999), with Sumbwa added per Nurse (2003):
The codes in parentheses are Guthrie's original geographic classification. Maho (2009) adds Yaka.
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