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 .
2-526: Central Yambasa or Nuasua (Nuaswa) is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon . This article about Southern Bantoid languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Southern Bantoid Southern Bantoid was first introduced by Williamson in a proposal that divided Bantoid into North and South branches. The unity of the North Bantoid group was subsequently called into question, and Bantoid itself may be polyphyletic , but
4-553: The work did establish Southern Bantoid as a valid genetic unit, something that has not happened for (Narrow) Bantu itself. According to Williamson and Blench, Southern Bantoid is divided into the various Narrow Bantu languages, Jarawan , Tivoid , Beboid , Mamfe (Nyang), Grassfields and Ekoid families. The Bendi languages are of uncertain classification; they have traditionally been classified with Cross River , but they may actually be Southern Bantoid. Blench suggests that Tivoid, Momo (ex-Grassfields) and East Beboid may form
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