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Pende languages

The Pende or Holu languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone L.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node together with a couple languages from Zone H:(L10) Pende, Samba–Holu, Kwese, (H10) Suundi, (H40) Mbala

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Pende
Holu
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
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Glottologmbal1259

The Pende or Holu languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone L.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node together with a couple languages from Zone H:

(L10) Pende, Samba–Holu, Kwese, (H10) Suundi, (H40) Mbala

Maho (2009) adds Sonde to L10.

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