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Mboshi languages

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Glottolog:
  
koyo1244

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.20) Mboshi–Buja? Mboshi

The Mboshi languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from Kyba (Kuba), the languages form a valid node. They are:

Kwala, Mbosi, Koyo, Akwa, Mboko

Maho (2009) adds Bwenyi.

References

Mboshi languages Wikipedia