Classification
- WALS
- NC > Bantu
- Glottolog
- Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Southernbantu Makua > Nguni Tsonga > Nguni(s.40) > Southernndebele Lowland > Zulu Xhosa
- Ethnologue
- Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Nguni(s.42)
Sources
- Dent and Nyembezi 1969
- Scholar's Zulu dictionary. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter.