Upland Bantu languages

Upland Bantu
Upland Bantu
Geographic; distribution	Kilimanjaro Region, Taita-Taveta County, Central Province (Kenya), Embu County, Meru County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Machakos County, Kitui County, Makueni County, Ngorongoro District, Arusha
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Upland Bantu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Upland Bantu
Subdivisions	Kilimanjaro-Taita; Thagiicu;
Language codes

The Upland Bantu languages form a subgroup of the Northeast Bantu languages native to Tanzania and Kenya.^[1]^[2]

History

Proto-Upland Bantu likely originated in the northern Pare Mountains. These people had a clear preference for living near forests and on the highland ridges overlooking the plains (hence their name, Upland bantu).^[4]

References

^ The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History. p. 205.
^ History and the Testimony of Language.
^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.
^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.

[1] The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History. p. 205.

[2] History and the Testimony of Language.

[3] An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.

[4] An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. pp. 184–189.

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