Southern Bantoid

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branch of Bantoid languages language subgroup

Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Southern Bantoid languages	9

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Bantoid languages ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
contrastsWith	Northern Bantoid ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
hasFamilyColor	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
hasGlottologCode	sout3151 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Southern Bantoid self-link ⓘ
hasMajorSubdivision	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu Non-Bantu Southern Bantoid ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu Western Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu A languages Bantu B languages ⓘ Bantu C languages ⓘ Bantu D languages ⓘ Bantu E languages ⓘ Bantu F languages ⓘ Bantu G languages ⓘ Bantu H languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu J languages Bantu K languages ⓘ Bantu L languages ⓘ Bantu M languages ⓘ Bantu N languages ⓘ Bantu P languages ⓘ Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu R languages Bantu S languages ⓘ Bantu T languages ⓘ Bantu V languages ⓘ Bantu W languages ⓘ Bantu X languages ⓘ Bantu Y languages ⓘ Bantu Z languages ⓘ Beboid languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ surface form: Ekoid languages Grassfields languages ⓘ Jarawan Bantu ⓘ Mamfe languages ⓘ Mbam languages ⓘ Bantoid languages ⓘ surface form: Momo languages Nyang languages ⓘ Tivoid languages ⓘ
includes	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu language family Bantu languages ⓘ
isDefinedBy	comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ
isLinguisticAncestorOf	many modern Bantu languages ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic–Congo Bantoid languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue–Congo Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Volta–Congo
spokenIn	Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
subclassOf	Bantoid ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benue–Congo languages → containsSubfamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Kikuyu → geneticClassification → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Southern Bantoid → hasGlottologName → Southern Bantoid self-link ⓘ

Sotho → languageFamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

Southern Ndebele → languageFamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Tiv language → languageFamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

Punu → languageSubgroup → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

Southern Bantu → partOf → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Makhuwa → partOfLanguageFamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Beti languages → subclassOf → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Bulu language → subfamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Northern Ndebele → subfamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

Sena → subfamily → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages

Tiv language → subfamilyOf → Southern Bantoid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Bantoid languages