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|mapcaption=Map showing the distribution of Bantu vs. other African languages. The Bantu area is in orange. |child5=Makaa–Njem<br>Kele–Tsogo languages

|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]

|fam6=Nyasa ...es|Bantu language]] family. The [[noun class]] prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages,<ref>''cf.'' ''Kiswahili'' for the [[Swahili language]].</ref> so the langu

...Santos]], visiting Monomatapa in 1597, reported it as ''Zambeze'' ([[Bantu languages]] frequently shifts between z and r) and inquired into the origins of the n ...er, as well as the position of lakes [[Lake Ngami|Ngami]] and [[Lake Nyasa|Nyasa]], were given broadly accurately in early maps. These were probably constru