Nyasa languages

The Nyasa languages are an apparently valid genealogical group of Bantu languages. With the reassignment of a couple of Guthrie Zone N languages to other branches, Nyasa is essentially synonymous with Zone N. The languages and their Guthrie identifications are:

Nyasa
Geographic
distribution
Malawi and surrounding areas, C Mozambique
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo
Glottologsena1269  (Sena–Nyanja)
tumb1250  (Tumbuka)

The poorly known Mwera (Nyasa) language spoken at Mbamba Bay on the east side of Lake Malawi is classified as N201 and presumably belongs here as well.

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