Southern Bantu languages

Southern Bantu
Southern Bantu
Geographic; distribution	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Southern Bantu
Glottolog	sout3387

The Southern Bantu languages are a large group of Bantu languages, largely validated in Janson (1991/92). They are nearly synonymous with Guthrie's Bantu zone S, apart from the exclusion of Shona and the inclusion of Makhuwa. They include all of the major Bantu languages of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique, with outliers such as Lozi in Zambia and Namibia, and Ngoni in Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi.

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