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Great Lakes Bantu languages
| Great Lakes Bantu | |
|---|---|
| Bantu zone J | |
| Geographic distribution | Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya and the DRC |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Proto-language | Proto-Great Lakes Bantu[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | grea1289 |
The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the Tervuren team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie's largely geographic classification of Bantu.[2]
- ^ Schoenbrun, David L. (1993). "We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture between the Great Lakes". The Journal of African History. 34 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1017/S0021853700032989. JSTOR 183030. S2CID 162660041.
- ^ Derek Nurse, 2003, The Bantu Languages
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