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Tetela languages

Tetela languages

Zone C.70 Guthries Clasaificafion


The Tetela languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with C.81 Dengese and C.89, the Shuwa "dialect" of Bushoong, the languages form a valid node. They are:

TetelaHamba, Kusu, Nkutu, Yela, Ombo, (C80) Dengese, Shuwa (Pianga)
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However, Yela is the same language as Kela, which is classified differently.

Maho (2009) adds Langa to C.70.


Footnotes

    References

    • Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.



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