Bantu languages
Large language family spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa
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| 2024 | Seidensticker highlighted the linguistic debate about how the term 'Bantu' transformed from a technical linguistic term to a broader designation encompassing language, culture, society, and race. |
| 2024 | Seidensticker noted the linguistic debate about the transformation of 'Bantu' from a technical term to a broader designation of language, culture, society, and race. |
| 2024 | Seidensticker published an analysis highlighting the conceptual transformation of the term 'Bantu' from a technical linguistic term to a broad sociocultural designation. |
| 2021 | Glottolog updates the classification of Bantu languages, moving away from the older geographic classification by Guthrie and dividing Bantu into four main branches: Bantu A-B10-B20-B30, Central-Western Bantu, East Bantu, and Mbam-Bube-Jarawan. |
| 2018 | Whiteley et al. performed a computational phylogenetic analysis of Bantu languages, continuing the scholarly investigation into the language family's origins and development. |
| 2018 | Whiteley et al. published a computational phylogenetic analysis of Bantu languages, contributing to the ongoing research in the linguistic classification of this language family. |
| 2016 | Holden et al. conducted a computational phylogenetic analysis of Bantu languages, contributing to the ongoing research in linguistic classification. |
| 2016 | Holden et al. performed a computational phylogenetic analysis of Bantu languages, adding to the ongoing research on the linguistic relationships within the Bantu language family. |
| 2015 | Grollemund et al. performed another computational phylogenetic study on Bantu languages, further advancing research into their linguistic classification. |
| 2015 | Swahili recorded 16 million native speakers and 80 million second language speakers, becoming the most widely spoken Bantu language. |
| 2015 | Grollemund et al. published another computational phylogenetic analysis of Bantu languages, further exploring the linguistic classification and development of the language group. |
| 2012 | Grollemund published a simplified phylogenetic classification of northwestern branches of Bantu languages, providing a significant computational linguistic analysis of the language family. |
| 2012 | Grollemund published a computational phylogenetic classification of northwestern branches of Bantu languages, providing a simplified phylogeny that contributed to understanding the linguistic relationships within the Bantu language family. |
| 2011 | South African National Census conducted, providing detailed statistics on Bantu language speakers, including Zulu, Xhosa, Sepedi, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda, and Southern Ndebele languages. |
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