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The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa. The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label in Guthrie's (1967–1971) classification〔Guthrie, Malcolm (1967-1971). ''Comparative Bantu: An Introduction to the Comparative Linguistics and Prehistory of the Bantu Languages''. (Volumes 1-4). Farnborough: Gregg International, cf. (the CBOLD Guthrie name list )〕 of languages in the Bantu family. The group is divided into two branches, Tswana (or ''Tswanaic'') and Sotho, as follows: *Tswanaic (also Western Sotho) * *Tswana (''Setswana''), with dialects: Hurutshe, Kgatla, Kwena, Lete, Melete, Ngwaketse, Ngwatu, Rolong, Tawana, Thlaro, Tlahaping, Tlhaping, Tlharo, Tlokwa * *Kgalagadi, with dialects: Nuclear Kgalagadi (Kgalagadi proper), Balaongwe, Kenyi, Khakhae, Koma, Ngologa, Pedi, Phaleng, Rhiti, Shaga, Siwane *Sotho * *Sesotho-Lozi * * *Southern Sotho or Sotho proper (''Sesotho'') : Phuthi, Taung * * *Lozi (''Silozi'' or Rozi) * * Northern Sotho (''Sesotho sa Leboa'') * * *Birwa * * * Sepedic: includes Pedi and Tswapong: * * * *Pedi: Dzwabo, Gananwa, Kgaga, Khutswe, Koni, Kopa, Lobedu, Masemola, Matlala-Moletshi, Pai, Phalaborwa, Pulana, Tlokwa, Tswene * * * *Tswapong * * * South Ndebele The various dialects of Tswana (Western Sotho), Southern Sotho and Northern Sotho are mutually intelligible. On more than one occasion, proposals have been put forward to create a unified Sotho-Tswana language. Northern Sotho, which appears largely to be a taxonomic holding category for what is Sotho-Tswana but neither identifiably Southern Sotho nor Tswana,〔See Doke, Clement M. (1954). ''The Southern Bantu Languages. Handbook of African Languages''. Oxford: Oxford University Press〕 subsumes highly varied dialects including Pedi (''Sepedi''), Tswapo (''Setswapo''), Lovedu (''Khilobedu''), Pai and Pulana. Maho (2002) leaves the "East Sotho" varieties of Kutswe, Pai, and Pulana unclassified within Sotho-Tswana. Lozi is spoken in Zambia and northeastern Namibia (in the Caprivi). It is distinct from the other Sotho-Tswana languages due to heavy linguistic influences from Luyaana, and possibly other Zambian and Caprivi languages. In the Guthrie work—as is now widely acknowledged〔Gowlett, Derek. (2003). Zone S. In D. Nurse & G. Philippson (eds.), ''The Bantu Languages'', 609-638. London: Curzon/Routledge〕—Lozi was misclassified as K.21. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sotho-Tswana languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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