Sabaki languages
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Not to be confused with Nyika language.
| Sabaki | |
|---|---|
| Swahili–Nyika | |
| Geographic distribution | Swahili Coast |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Glottolog | coas1317 |
The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the Swahili Coast, named for the Sabaki River. In addition to Swahili, they include Ilwana (Malakote) and Pokomo on the Tana River in Kenya, Mijikenda, spoken on the Kenyan coast; and Comorian, in the Comoro Islands.[1] In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E70, commonly under the name Nyika.
Languages
- Ilwana (Malakote) (E.701)
- Pokomo (E.71)
- Mijikenda (E.72–73) (North (Nyika), Segeju, Digo, Degere)
- Shimaore, Shimwali and Shindzwani which are three dialects of the same language.
- Shingazidja [2]
- Swahili: Mwani (Mozambique), Makwe (Mozambique), Sidi (Pakistan), Tikulu (Bajuni Islands, Somalia), Socotra Swahili, Mwiini (Brava, Somalia), Coastal Swahili (Lamu, Mombasa, Zanzibar), Pemba Swahili (Pemba, Mafia)
In addition, there are several Swahili creoles and pidgins: Cutchi-Swahili, Kisetla (Settler Swahili), Engsh, Sheng, Shaba Swahili (Katanga Swahili, Lubumbashi Swahili), Ngwana (Congo Swahili), Kikeya.
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