Sira languages

Shira
Shira
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.40) Shira; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	sira1268 (deprecated); yomb1244 (Yombe); vili1240 (Vilic)

The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),^[1] together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are:

(B.40) Punu, Bwisi, Varama, Vungu, Shira–Bwali, Sangu, Lumbu, (H.10) Vili, Kunyi.

Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Southern Bantoid
    - Bantu (Zone B.40)
      - Shira

Glottologsira1268 (deprecated)
yomb1244 (Yombe)
vili1240 (Vilic)

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Maho (2009) adds Ngubi.

In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu.

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Shira
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B.40) Shira
Language codes
Glottolog	`sira1268` (deprecated) `yomb1244` (Yombe) `vili1240` (Vilic)