Great Lakes Bantu languages

Great Lakes Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Bantu zone J
Geographic; distribution	Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya and the DRC
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Great Lakes Bantu
Glottolog	grea1289

The Great Lakes Bantu languages, also known as Lacustrine Bantu and Bantu zone J, are a group of Bantu languages of East Africa. They were recognized as a group by the Tervuren team, who posited them as an additional zone (zone J) to Guthrie's largely geographic classification of Bantu.

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