What is Southern Bantu languages?
{{Infobox Language family |name=Southern Bantu |altname=Bantu zone S |region=[[South Africa]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]] |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic-Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue-Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Southern Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |child1=[[Chopi languages|Chopi]] |child2=[[Nguni languages|Nguni]] |child3=[[Shona languages|Shona]] |child4=[[Sotho-Tswana languages|Sotho-Tswana]] |child5=[[Tswa-Ronga languages|Tswa-Ronga]] |child6=[[Venda language|Venda]] }} The '''Southern Bantu languages''', also known as '''Bantu zone S''', are a group of languages in the [[Bantu languages|Bantu language family]]. It was first described by [[Malcolm Guthrie]] in 1948. Guthrie's divisions of the Bantu languages were based on [[geography]], not on language characteristics. The Southern Bantu languages, however, are also a valid [[linguistics|linguistic]] group. The Southern Bantu languages are a group of languages in the [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo language superfamily]]. The group includes all of the important Bantu languages of [[South Africa]], [[Zimbabwe]], and [[Botswana]]. It also includes some important languages of southern [[Mozambique]]. ==Languages== The Southern Bantu language group includes six sub-groups of languages: * [[Chopi languages|Chopi]] * [[Nguni languages|Nguni]] * [[Shona languages|Shona]] * [[Sotho-Tswana languages|Sotho-Tswana]] * [[Tswa-Ronga languages|Tswa-Ronga]] * [[Venda language|Venda]] ==Related pages== * [[Languages of South Africa]] [[Category:Bantu languages|*]] {{stub}}