Sabaki languages
The Sabaki languages are the Bantu languages of the Swahili Coast, named for the Sabaki River. In addition to Swahili, Sabaki languages include Ilwana and Pokomo on the Tana River in Kenya, Mijikenda, spoken on the Kenyan coast; Comorian, in the Comoro Islands; and Mwani, spoken in northern Mozambique. In Guthrie's geographic classification, Swahili is in Bantu zone G, whereas the other Sabaki languages are in zone E70, commonly under the name ''Nyika.''
Languages
- Ilwana
- Pokomo
- Mijikenda
- Comorian languages, divided into two groups, Western and Eastern
- Mwani
- Swahili: Makwe, Sidi, Tikulu, Socotra Swahili, Mwiini, Coastal Swahili, Pemba Swahili