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Bushoong languages

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Bushoong
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologbush1251  (Bushoong–Wongo–Lele)
song1305  (Ohendo)

The Bushoong languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.80 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from Dengese and the Shuwa "dialect" of Bushoong, the languages form a valid node. They are:

  1. Hendo (Songomeno)
  2. Bushoong
  3. Lele
  4. Wongo

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References

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  • Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.