The ASJP Database - Wordlist Birwa

Wordlist Birwa

Compiled by Viktoria Smirnova

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: birw1238
ISO 639-3: brl

Coordinates WGS84

22°10'S, 28°20'E
-22.17, 28.33

number of speakers	71,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Southernbantu > Nuclearsouthernbantu > Dimsuffixsouthernbantu > Sotho Tswana(s.30) > Northernsotho
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Sotho Tswana(s.32)

Sources

Auer 1977: Proto-Sotho and the Sotho-Group. University of Cape Town dissertation.