Tsogo languages

Tsogo
Okani
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.30) Kele–Tsogo? Tsogo
Language codes
Glottolog	tsog1242

The Tsogo languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:

Tsogo (Getsogo), Himba (Simba), Pinzi, Vove, Kande

Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene, following Piron (1997), who makes Tsogo and Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu. Maho adds Viya (Eviya) and Bongwe.

Phonology

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Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Plosives	Affricate	ts
	Palatalized	dj
	Voiceless	p	t	k
	Voiced	b	d
	Prenasalized	mb	nd	ŋg
Fricatives	Voiceless	f	s
	Voiced	β	ɣ
	Prenasalized	(mf)	nz
Nasals		m	n	ɲ
Liquid		l
Rhotic	Trill(?)	r
Approximants		w	j

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Near-close		ʊ
Close-mid	e	o
Open/Open-mid	a	ɔ