Boan languages
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Boan | |
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Ababuan | |
Geographic distribution: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo |
Subdivisions: |
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Glottolog: | abab1240[1] |
Boan (Buan, Ababuan) is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zones C and D in Guthrie's classification.[2] There are three branches:
- Komo (D20)
- Bali (D20), ?Beeke
- Bomokandian (the various Bwa and Biran languages)
- Biran (Bira–Amba) (D22, D30)
- Homa (Ngenda) (D40)
- Lika (D20)
- Bati–Angba (Bwa) (C40)
Beeke is an erstwhile member of the Nyali cluster that seems to be closest to Bali.
In the Glottolog 2.3 classification, several additional, poorly attested languages are included as being closest to Homa/Ngenda:
- Bali (D20)
- Old Bomokandian
References
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- ↑ McMaster, Mary Allen. 1988. Patterns of Interaction: A comparative ethnolinguistic perspective on the Uele region of Zaïre ca. 500 A.D. to 1900 A.D. Los Angeles: University of California. 346.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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