Talk:Guthrie classification of Bantu languages

I will eventually add more to complete this page. azalea_pomp

Summary
I've added a section at the end that sort of summarizes the details listed above it. The individual Zone sections are necessary for details, but I think a more simplified version was called for.

The data comes from the details of the Zones, plus some addition information from various other wikipedia pages on specific nodes like Northeast Bantu and Southern Bantu. Hope this helps.Listmeister (talk) 18:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The list has been winnowed out by linking to other articles. However, NE Bantu etc. aren't part of the Guthrie classification. Each A–S zone is divided into decades, and each decade is independent; plus there are languages for most zones that don't fall into any decade. The Maho doc has the details, slightly updated. — kwami (talk) 20:00, 24 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I appreciate that Maho has more details, and is more up-to-date. However, the article as it stands is hard to follow, that's why I created the summary.  If the cladogram doesn't work, can the article itself be fixed?  Listmeister (talk) 21:19, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay, have the full list from 1948, with the codes as of 2009 in the language info boxes. Still have to adjust Makua, where I had relied too much on Ethnologue. — kwami (talk) 05:33, 1 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Personally I find it confusing to have this article divided into two parts, each with a separate list of zones. Could the two parts not be combined so that for example the information about zone B comes all in one place, not in two separate places? Kanjuzi (talk) 11:09, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

List from Maho (2009)
Following is the list from Maho (2009), retaining his spelling. I plan on redirecting most red links at least to dab pages, apart from the more obvious dialects. — kwami (talk) 07:19, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

"New languages" moved to article.