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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bantu languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Bantu languages are spoken in South Cameroon, and in the south-eastern region of Nigeria close the Cameroonian Border, in Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. |
 | | The Bantu language with the largest number of speakers is Swahili (G 40), while those with the most native speakers are Shona and Zulu. |
 | | Judging from the history of Swahili, some linguists believe that Bantu languages are on a continuum from purely tonal languages to languages with no tone at all. |
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