Sira languages
The Shira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are:
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Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
Glottolog | sira1268 (Sira (B.40)) |
Maho (2009) adds Ngubi.
In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu.
Footnotes
References
- Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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