Nyasa languages

Nyasa
Geographic
distribution:
Malawi and surrounding areas, C Mozambique
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

Glottolog: sena1269  (Sena–Nyanja)[1]
tumb1250  (Tumbuka)[2]

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:

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.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sena–Nyanja". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tumbuka". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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