Pende languages

{{Infobox language family

|name=Pende

|altname=Holu

|ethnicity=

|region=

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone L.10)

|glotto=mbal1259

|glottorefname=Mbala–Holu–Sondi (K.10)

}}

The Pende or Holu languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone L.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node together with a couple languages from Zone H:

:(L10) Pende, SambaHolu, Kwese, (H10) Suundi, (H40) Mbala

Maho (2009) adds Sonde to L10.

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References

  • {{cite book |editor1-last=Nurse |editor1-first=Derek |editor2-last=Philippson |editor2-first=Gérard |title=The Bantu languages |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780700711345}}

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