Tsogo | |
Also Known As: | Okani |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone B.30) |
Fam6: | Kele–Tsogo? |
Glotto: | tsog1242 |
Glottorefname: | Okani (B.30) |
The Tsogo languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[1] the languages form a valid node. They are:
Tsogo (Getsogo), Himba (Simba), Pinzi, Vove, KandeNurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene, following Piron (1997), who makes Tsogo and Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu. Maho adds Viya (Eviya) and Bongwe.
Source:[2]
Plosives | Affricate | ts | |||
Palatalized | dj | ||||
Voiceless | p | t | k | ||
Voiced | b | d | |||
Prenasalized | mb | nd | ŋg | ||
Fricatives | Voiceless | f | s | ||
Voiced | β | ɣ | |||
Prenasalized | (mf) | nz | |||
Nasals | m | n | ɲ | ||
Liquid | l | ||||
Rhotic | Trill(?) | r | |||
Approximants | w | j |
Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ʊ | ||
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open/Open-mid | a | ɔ |