CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone N: Senga-Sena
DICTIONARY:Alves, P. Albano. 1957. Dicionário Português-Chisena e Chisena-Português. Beira: Tipografia da Escola de Artes e Ofı́cios.
GRAMMAR:Torrend, J. 1900. Grammatica do Chisena. Chipanga, Zambia.
CONSONANTS:
p ph t th k kh b d ɡ ts č čh dz ɡ̌ f fh s š h v z m n ñ l
STOPS:p ph b t th d k kh ɡ
AFFRICATES:ts dz č čh ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f fh v s z š h
NASALS:m n ñ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc p b t d k ɡ ts dz č ɡ̌ f v s z
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
STRESS:penult
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:10
DEMONSTRAT:4: near person speaking, in hands of or joined to person speaking, near person spoken to, remote from both speaker and person spoken to.
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:1122
LANGUAGE:Rue
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone N: Senga-Sena
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1123
LANGUAGE:Podzo
POPULATION:5,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone N: Senga-Sena
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1124
LANGUAGE:Ndengereko
POPULATION:53,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Matumbi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1125
LANGUAGE:Ruihi
POPULATION:71,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Matumbi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1126
LANGUAGE:Matumbi
LOCATION:Tanzania
POPULATION:41,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Matumbi
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:1127
LANGUAGE:Ngindo
POPULATION:85,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Matumbi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1128
LANGUAGE:Mbunga
POPULATION:10,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Matumbi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1129
LANGUAGE:Yao
LOCATION:N Mozambique (Niassa)
POPULATION:127,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Yao
DICTIONARY:
Sanderson, G. Meredith. 1954. A Dictionary of the Yao Language. Zomba, Malawi: Government Printer. José Viana, Miguel. 1961. Dicionário de Portugês-Chi-Yao e Chi-Yao- Português. Memórias do Instituto de Investigação Cientı́fia de Moçambique 3, 1-172.
GRAMMAR:Sanderson, Meredith. 1922. A Yao Grammar. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
OTHERSOURC:Whiteley, W. H. 1966. A Study of Yao Sentences. Oxford: Charendon Press.
CONSONANTS:
p t c k mb ɓ nd ɗ ñɟ ʄ ŋɡ ɠ č (f) v s š m n ñ ŋ l ʎ
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1136
LANGUAGE:Ngulu2
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1137
LANGUAGE:Ngulu2
POPULATION:65,500
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1138
LANGUAGE:Ngulu2
LOCATION:Tanzania
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1139
LANGUAGE:Chuabo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1140
LANGUAGE:South Mbundu
LOCATION:C Angola
POPULATION:1.7 million
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone R: South Mbundu
DICTIONARY:Le Guennec, Grégoire and José Francisco Valente. 1972. Dicionário Português-Umbundu. Luanda: Instituto de Investigação Cientı́fica de Angola.
GRAMMAR:Valente, José Francisco. 1964. Gramática Umbundu. Lisbon: Junta de Investigacões do Ultramar.