Bantoid languages

Bantoid
Bantoid
Geographic; distribution	Sub-Saharan Africa, but not farther west than Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Bantoid
Subdivisions	Northern Bantoid; Southern Bantoid;
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.

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