Sira languages
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| Shira | |
|---|---|
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sira1268 (deprecated)yomb1244 (Yombe) vili1240 (Vilic) |
| ELP | Template:Endangered Languages Project |
The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[1] together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are:
Maho (2009) adds Ngubi.
In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu.
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
