The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the northern East African coast that include Swahili. The other languages are Malakote (Elwana) and Pokomo on the Tana River in Kenya, and Mijikenda. Ethnologue considers Malakote to be a single language, Pokomo to be two languages, Mijikenda to be five, and Swahili-Comorian to be eight. In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E.

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  • The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the northern East African coast that include Swahili. The other languages are Malakote (Elwana) and Pokomo on the Tana River in Kenya, and Mijikenda. Ethnologue considers Malakote to be a single language, Pokomo to be two languages, Mijikenda to be five, and Swahili-Comorian to be eight. In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E.
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  • Niger-Congo
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  • Sabaki
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  • East African coast
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  • The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the northern East African coast that include Swahili. The other languages are Malakote (Elwana) and Pokomo on the Tana River in Kenya, and Mijikenda. Ethnologue considers Malakote to be a single language, Pokomo to be two languages, Mijikenda to be five, and Swahili-Comorian to be eight. In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E.
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  • Sabaki languages
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