Pane mitauro inosvika 250 -500 murudzi rweChiBantu, nekuti hazvina kunyanyojeka nekuti pane mapazi mazhinji (ndimi dzinotaurwa nevanhu vashoma) ari pakati pemitauro yeChiBantu. Mitauro iyi inonyanyotaurwa kubva kuCameroon kusvika nechekumabvazuva kuKenya nemunyika dziri nechekumaodzanyemba. Mienzaniso yemitauro yeChiBantu inosanganisira (nehuwandu hwakaongororwa nenyanzvi dzeEthnologue): munechekumabvazuva kweAfrica ChiSwahili (Kiswahili) (350,000; ne100,000,000 vanhu vanotaura mutauro wechipiri) Angola South Mbundu (Umbundu) (4 million) North Mbundu (Kimbundu) (3 million) Ovambo (Ambo) (Oshiwambo) (500,000) Luvale (Chiluvale) (500,000) Chokwe (Chichokwe) (500,000) Mbunda Botswana ChiTswana (Setswana) (1 million) ChiKalanga (Ikalanga) (150,000) Burundi Kirundi (8.5 - 10.5 million) Cameroon Beti (1.7 million: 900,000 Bulu, 600,000 Ewondo, 120,000 Fang, 60,000 Eton, 30,000 Bebele) Basaa (230,000) Duala (350,000) Central African Republic Mbati (60,000) Democratic Republic of the Congo Lingala (Ngala) (2 million; 7 million with L2 speakers) Luba-Kasai (Tshiluba) (6.5 million)