Bantu languages
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The Bantu languages are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. Wikipedia
Geographic distribution: Central Africa, Southeast Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Somalia
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo? > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo > Benue–Congo > Bantoid > Southern Bantoid > Bantu
Proto-language: Proto-Bantu