Bantoid | |
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Geographic distribution | Sub-Saharan Africa, but not farther west than Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Proto-language | Proto-Bantoid[1][2] |
Subdivisions | |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | bant1294 |
The Bantoid languages shown within the Niger–Congo language family. Non-Bantoid languages are greyscale. |
Bantoid is a major branch of the Benue–Congo language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages that constitute the overwhelming majority and after which Bantoid is named.