This language group lowers the first of two consecutive high tones, according to a law named after AchillesEmile Meeussen.
This language group lowers the first of two consecutive high tones, according to a law named after AchillesEmile Meeussen. One of the most widely spoken languages in this group uses whistled sibilants denoted"sv" and "zv." Another law dealing with this language group requires the voicing of an initial "k" if the netsyllable begins with an unvoiced consonant; that is Dahl's Law. This language group was the subject of a1948 geographic classification by Malcolm Guthrie, which limited itself to this group's (*) "Narrow"languages. Unlike most of this group's other languages, the most commonly spoken language in this group isnon-tonal, and takes its name from the Arabic word for "coast." This language group's namesake "expansion"probably started around three millennia ago in modern-day Cameroon and Nigeria. For 10 points, name thisSubsaharan African language group, which encompasses languages like Shona, Zulu, and Swahili.
This language group lowers the first of two consecutive high tones, according to a law named after AchillesEmile Meeussen.
(Narrow) Bantu [or Bantoid, prompt on Niger-Congo]