Mbete | |
Also Known As: | Mbere |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone B.60) |
Fam6: | Teke–Mbere? |
Glotto: | mber1262 |
Glottoname: | Mbere + Tchitchege + Teke-Tege |
Glottorefname: | Mbere (B.60) |
The Mbete (Mbere) languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.60 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are :
Mbete, Kaning'i, Mbaama–Mpini, NduumoEthnologue 16 adds the Ngul (Ngoli) dialect of Dzing.