Rukwa languages

The Rukwa languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Nurse (1988) and Fourshey (2002). They constitute half of Guthrie's Zone M, plus Bungu. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:


 * Rungwe (M30): Nyakyusa–Ngonde (Konde), Ndali
 * Mbozi
 * Mbeya
 * Bungu (Wungu, F20)
 * Safwa (M20)
 * South Mbeya (M20): Malila; Lambya–Sukwa, Nyiha
 * Mwika
 * Nyika (M20)
 * North Mwika (M10): Pimbwe, Rungwa
 * Plateau Mwika:
 * Fipa (M10)
 * South: Wanda, Namwanga–Iwa–Tambo (M20), Mambwe-Lungu (M10)

Nurse (1988) had established a more limited Mbozi ("Corridor"), without Pimbwe or Bungu, and with the addition of Rungwe tentative.

Maho (2009) adds Penja (possibly extinct), to M30, and Kulwe as closest to Fipa.