Sabaki languages
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Bantu subfamily of the Swahili Coast, named for the Sabaki River
Not to be confused with Nyika language.
| Sabaki | |
|---|---|
| Swahili–Nyika | |
| Geographic distribution | Swahili Coast |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Proto-language | Proto-Sabaki[1][2] |
| Glottolog | coas1317 |
The Sabaki languages are the
Comorian, in the Comoro Islands; and Mwani, spoken in northern Mozambique.[3] In Guthrie's geographic classification
, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E70, commonly under the name Nyika.
Languages
- Ilwana (Malakote) (E.701)
- Pokomo (E.71)
- Mijikenda (E.72–73) (North (Nyika), Segeju, Digo, Degere)
- Shimaoreand Shindzwani)
- Mwani (Mozambique)
- Mwiini(Brava, Somalia), Coastal Swahili (Lamu, Mombasa, Zanzibar), Pemba Swahili (Pemba, Mafia)
In addition, there are several Swahili creoles and pidgins:
Kikeya
.
References
 | This article cites its page references. You can help providing page numbers for existing citations. (July 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message ) |
- ISBN 9781512821666.
- ISBN 9780520097759.
- ^ Derek Nurse & Thomas J. Hinnebusch, 1993, Swahili and Sabaki: a linguistic history.
- ^ Maho (2009)
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