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Upland Bantu languages

The Upland Bantu languages form a subgroup of the Northeast Bantu languages native to Tanzania and Kenya.[1][2]

Upland Bantu
Geographic
distribution
Kilimanjaro Region, Taita-Taveta County, Central Province (Kenya), Embu County, Meru County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Machakos County, Kitui County, Makueni County, Ngorongoro District, Arusha
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Proto-languageProto-Upland Bantu [3]
Subdivisions
Language codes

History

Proto-Upland Bantu likely originated in the northern Pare Mountains. These people had a clear preference for living near forests and on the highland ridges overlooking the plains (hence their name, Upland bantu).[4]

References

  1. ^ The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History. p. 205.
  2. ^ History and the Testimony of Language.
  3. ^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.
  4. ^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.


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