Tsogo languages

Tsogo
Okani
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologtsog1242

The Tsogo languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[1] the languages form a valid node. They are:

Tsogo (Getsogo), Himba (Simba), Pinzi, Vove, Kande

Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene, following Piron (1997), who makes Tsogo and Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu. Maho adds Viya (Eviya) and Bongwe.

Phonology

Source:[2]

Consonants

Labial Coronal Dorsal
Plosives Affricate ts
Palatalized dj
Voiceless p t k
Voiced b d
Prenasalized mb nd ŋg
Fricatives Voiceless f s
Voiced β ɣ
Prenasalized (mf) nz
Nasals m n ɲ
Liquid l
Rhotic Trill(?) r
Approximants w j

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Near-close ʊ
Close-mid e o
Open/Open-mid a ɔ

References

  1. ^ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
  2. ^ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard (2006-03-21). The Bantu Languages. Routledge. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-135-79683-9.


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