Yaren Sawabantu

Harsunan Sawabantu Wani rukuni ne na yaren Bantu wanda ya ƙunshi yawancin yankuna A.20 da A.30 na rabe-raben Guthrie, kuma wataƙila suma ɓangare ne na yankin A.10. Dangane da Nurse da Philippson a shekara ta (2003), harsunan A.20 da A.30 ban da Bubi suna da ingancin kumburi. Mafi mahimmancin waɗannan yarukan shine Duala, wanda shine yare mai hawa.

 Bayanin Lantarki 
Sunan Sawabantu ya ƙunshi kalmomi biyu: sawa, wanda ke nufin "bakin teku" a cikin Duala, da kuma Bantu .

 Harsuna 
Bayan yaren A.20 da A.30, yaren yare na Oroko na A.10 da alama yana da alaƙa da ƙungiyar Sawabantu a fili: "Despite the geographical proximity and linguistic classification of these [A.10] groups, Oroko actually seems to share more similarities with A.20 languages like Duala (Jacquot and Richardson 1956:20–23, Richardson 1955:7–28)" - L. Friesen, Valence change and Oroko verb morphology.

Ana magana da harsunan A.20 a kewayen yankin Wouri da kuma yankin anglophone kusa da Dutsen Kamaru . Ana magana da yarukan A.30 a gefen tekun Atlantika na kudancin Kamaru har zuwa arewacin Gabon . Wadannan rukuni-rukuni biyu suna da alaka a fili; misali, Limba (Malimba, A.26) ya ba da rahoton wani mataki na fahimtar juna da Tanga (Batanga, A.32), wanda suke kira "Old Malimba". M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon Ana magana da Oroko a sassan Ndian da Meme a Yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Kamaru. Oroko ya kasance yana kusa da Kpwe (A.22), wanda za'a iya fahimtar fahimtar juna ta wani fannin. E. Monikang - Phonology of Mokpwe

Harshen Bube na Tsibirin Bioko (ba za a rude shi da Bubia ko Wovea ba) wanda aka haɗa a cikin A.30 a cikin ƙasa, ba shi da wata alaƙa ta musamman da sauran.

Sauran harsunan A.10 ban da ƙungiyar Manenguba (A.15 ban da Bafaw-Balong) na iya kasancewa, amma wannan ba shi da tabbas kasancewar ba a daɗe da rubutu ba. Sune:

 Bonkeng da Bafaw-Balong, Nkongho

Ana buƙatar bincike don sanin ko waɗannan suna da alaƙa da Sawabantu.

 Halin da ake ciki 
Duala shine harshen Sawa na abin hawa, ana magana da fahimta a duk yankin bakin teku, har ma da masu magana da asalin ba-Sawabantu kamar Basaa na Douala, da Bakoko, da Bankon, da Manenguba .

 Bayanan kula 

 Manazarta 

 Nurse & Philippson (2003), Yarukan Bantu.

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