| Northeast Bantu | |
|---|---|
| Northeast Savanna Bantu | |
| Geographic distribution | Tanzania,Kenya,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi, theDRC andMozambique. |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Proto-language | Proto-Northeast Bantu[1][2] |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nort3203nyat1247 (Nyaturu–Nilamba) |
TheNortheast Bantu languages are a group ofBantu languages spoken inEast Africa. InGuthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones E50 plus E46 (Sonjo), E60 plus E74a (Taita), F21–22, J, G60, plusNortheast Coast Bantu (of zones E & G).[3] Some of these languages (F21, most of E50, and some of J) share a phonological innovation calledDahl's law that is unlikely to be borrowed as a productive process, though individual words reflecting Dahl's law have been borrowed into neighboring languages.
The languages, or clusters, are:
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