Nyali languages
{{Short description|Clade of Bantu languages}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Nyali
|altname=Budu–Ndaka
|ethnicity=
|region=
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Southern Bantoid
|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.
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