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[ Niger-Congo » Benue-Congo » Bantoid » Bantu » Zone M ]

Bantu languages of Zone M

There are appr. 30 languages in Zone M, the largest of which are Bemba, Tonga, and Nyakyusa-Ngonde.

Zone M languages are spoken in an area covering parts of western Tanzania, parts of south-eastern Congo-Kinshasa, most of Zambia, the northern-most tip of Malawi, and small parts of northern Zimbabwe.

(Note that materials relating to Bemba appear on a separate page.)

Quick jump to other Bantu zones:
AAA, BBB, CCC, DDD, EEE, FFF, GGG, HHH, JJJ, KKK, LLL, MMM, NNN, PPP, RRR, SSS

Distribution of Bantu M

General, comparative, miscellaneous back to top »

Koen Bostoen, Jacky Maniacky, Mark Stoneking, 2006
An integrated linguistic and genetic approach to population dynamics in western Zambia (PPT). Paper presented at the 36th colloquium on African languages and linguistics (CALL36), University of Leiden.
www.tca.leidenuniv.nl/content_docs/CALL2006/bostoencall2006.pps

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975
The Tanzanian Language Survey. Hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Gérard Philippson, 1991
Tons et accent dans les langues bantu d'Afrique orientale (PDF). Thèse d'état. Université René Descartes (Paris 5).
www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/PDF/philippson/these.pdf

Gérard Philippson, 1998
Tone reduction vs metrical attraction in the evolution of Eastern Bantu tone systems (PDF). From: Theoretical aspects of Bantu tone. Edited by Larry M. Hyman and Charles W. Kisseberth. CSLI Stanford University.
www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Annuaires/PDF/Philippson/Philippson_1998a.pdf

Martin T. Walsh, Imani N. Swilla, 2000
Linguistics in the Corridor: a review of research on the Bantu languages of South-West Tanzania, North-East Zambia and North Malawi (PDF). Expanded version of a paper prepared for the International Colloquium on Kiswahili in 2000, Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
www.african.gu.se/downloads/walshswilla2002.pdf

Bemba, Icibemba (M42) back to top »

Moved to a separate page.

Fipa (M13) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Fipa. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Lamba (M54) back to top »

R. Marchal, 1943
Terminologie juridique en kilamba (PDF). Aequatoria, v. 6, p. 112-114.
www.abbol.com/bookbank/bookbank_text_en.html

Lambya, Rambia (M201) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Lambya. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Lungu-Mambwe, Rungu-Mambwe (M14/M15) back to top »

Lee S. Bickmore, 2007
High-toned mora insertion between onsetless morphemes in Cilungu (PDF). Selected proceedings of the 37th annual conference on African linguistics. Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/37/index.html

CORR Lee S. Bickmore, 2007
Stem tone melodies in Cilungu (PDF). SOAS working papers in linguistics, v. 15, p. 7-18.
www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/volume-15/swpl-volume-15.html

Andrzej Halemba, 1995
Mambwe wordlist (16,000 items!). Hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Rungu, Mambwe. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Malila (M24) back to top »

Connie Kutsch Lojenga, 2007
Minimality and morae in Malila M.24 (PDF). Selected proceedings of the 37th annual conference on African linguistics. Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/37/index.html

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Malila. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Mwanga, Namwanga (M22) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Namwanga. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Ndali (M301) back to top »

CORR Al D. Mtenje, 2007
On recent trends in phonology: vowel sequences in Bantu languages (PDF). SOAS working papers in linguistics, v. 15, p. 33-48.
www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/volume-15/swpl-volume-15.html

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Ndali, Ndari. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Nyakyusa (M31) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Nyakyusa. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

CORR Josephat M. Rugemalira, 2007
The structure of the Bantu noun phrase (PDF). SOAS working papers in linguistics, v. 15, p. 135-148.
www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/volume-15/swpl-volume-15.html

Nyiha, Nyika (M23) back to top »

CORR Al D. Mtenje, 2007
On recent trends in phonology: vowel sequences in Bantu languages (PDF). SOAS working papers in linguistics, v. 15, p. 33-48.
www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/volume-15/swpl-volume-15.html

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Nyiha. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Pimbwe (M11) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Pimbwe. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Rungwa (M12) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Rungwa, Lungwa. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

Safwa (M25) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Safwa. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html

CORR Josephat M. Rugemalira, 2007
The structure of the Bantu noun phrase (PDF). SOAS working papers in linguistics, v. 15, p. 135-148.
www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/research/workingpapers/volume-15/swpl-volume-15.html

Tonga (M64) back to top »

Lev Blumenfeld, 2006
Tone domains in Tonga (PDF). Rutgers Optimal Archive ROA-805.
roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?id=1108

J.R. Fell, 1918
A Tonga grammar (PDF). London.
www.archive.org/details/tongagrammar00felluoft

Lenny Rhine
Patient-doctor interaction - general phrases for ChiBemba, ChiNyanja, CiTonga and SiLozi at the medical library, University of Zambia.
www.medguide.org.zm/translation/vocabtbl.htm

Wanda, Wandia (M21) back to top »

Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson, 1975/99
The Tanzanian language survey: Wanda. Database hosted at the CBOLD site.
www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Docs/TLS.html


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