Back Llingües bantoides meridionales AST Yezhoù bantouek ar su BR Llengües bantoides meridionals Catalan Lenguas bantoides meridionales Spanish Langues bantoïdes méridionales French Južni bantoidni jezici Croatian Lingui bantua dil sudo IO Јужни бантоидни јазици MK Języki bantuidalne południowe Polish Línguas bantoides meridionais Portuguese
| Southern Bantoid | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Sub-Saharan Africa, but not further west than Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Proto-language | Proto-Southern Bantoid |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sout3152 |
 The Southern Bantoid languages shown within the Niger–Congo language family. Non-Southern Bantoid languages are greyscale. | |
Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branches is uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though many of these are mutually intelligible.[1]
- ^ McWhorter, J. 2001. The Power of Babel (p. 81-82). Freeman-Times-Henry Holt, New York.