Nyali | |
Also Known As: | Budu–Ndaka |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone D.33) |
Fam6: | Lebonya ? |
Glotto: | nyal1255 |
Glottorefname: | Nyali–Ndaka–Mbo–Budu–Vanuma |
The Nyali languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone D.33 in Guthrie's classification. They are:
Budu, Ndaka, Nyali, Vanuma, Mbo
They might belong in with the Mbole–Enya languages, but the connection could be with Lengola, which constitutes the Lebonya proposal (Nurse 2003).
The Nyali languages were treated as a dialect cluster by Guthrie. Ethnologue notes that Mbo, Ndaka, Budu, Vanuma, and Nyali are quite close. However, Beeke and Ngbee are more distant; Ethnologue suggests Beeke is closer to Bali, and leaves extinct Ngbee unclassified within Bantu.