Northern Bantoid (or North Bantoid ) is a branch of the Bantoid languages . It consists of the Mambiloid , Dakoid , and Tikar languages of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon .
3-528: A proposal that divided Bantoid into North and South Bantoid was introduced by Williamson. Blench argues for the unity of North Bantoid by citing phonological, lexical, and morphological evidence. Blench classifies these languages as North Bantoid. Dakoid languages have had long-term contact with Adamawa languages , while the Tikar language shares many similarities with the Bafia languages (also known as
6-820: The A50 Bantu languages ). Comparison of numerals in individual languages: Southern Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid ) is a branch of the Bantoid language family . It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branches is uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa , Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue , though many of these are mutually intelligible . Southern Bantoid
9-470: Was first introduced by Williamson in a proposal that divided Bantoid into North and South branches. The unity of the North Bantoid group was subsequently called into question, and Bantoid itself may be polyphyletic , but the work did establish Southern Bantoid as a valid genetic unit, something that has not happened for (Narrow) Bantu itself. According to Williamson and Blench, Southern Bantoid
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