Sira languages
{{Infobox language family
|name=Shira
|ethnicity=
|region=
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Southern Bantoid
|glotto=sira1268
|glottoname=Sira (B.40)
}}
The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),{{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}} together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are:
: (B.40) Punu, Bwisi, Varama, Vungu, Shira–Bwali, Sangu, Lumbu, (H.10) Vili, Kunyi.
Maho (2009) adds Ngubi.
In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu.