| Northeast Coast Bantu | |
| Region: | Tanzania, Kenya, Comoros and Somalia |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta–Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Bantu |
| Fam8: | Northeast Bantu |
| Glotto: | nort3209 |
| Glottorefname: | Northeast Coastal Bantu |
The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are the Bantu languages spoken along the coast of Tanzania and Kenya, and including inland Tanzania as far as Dodoma.[1] In Guthrie's geographic classification, they fall within Bantu zones G and E.
The languages, or clusters, are:
The Ruvu languages are 60–70% similar lexically.
Mbugu (Ma'a) is a mixed language based largely on Pare.