Geographic
distribution Malawi and surrounding areas, C Mozambique Linguistic classification Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone N)
Nyasa Glottolog sena1269 (Sena–Nyanja)
tumb1250 (Tumbuka) | ||
The Nyasa languages are an apparently valid genealogical group of Bantu languages. With the reassignment of a couple of Guthrie Zone N languages to other branches, Nyasa is essentially synonymous with Zone N. The languages and their Guthrie identifications are:
The poorly known Mwera (Nyasa) language spoken at Mbamba Bay on the east side of Lake Malawi is classified as N201 and presumably belongs here as well.
References
Nyasa languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA