Southern Bantoid languages

Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branches is uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.[1]

Southern Bantoid
Geographic distribution	Sub-Saharan Africa, but not further west than Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid
Proto-language	Proto-Southern Bantoid
Subdivisions	Bendi Tivoid East Beboid Fang language (Cameroon) Buru–Angwe Mamfe (Nyang) Furu Ekoid–Mbe West Beboid ? Grassfields Bishuo Busuu Bantu
Glottolog	`sout3152`
The Southern Bantoid languages shown within the Niger–Congo language family. Non-Southern Bantoid languages are greyscale.

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