Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/gá-

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bantu

Prefix

*gá-

1. Class 6 pronominal concord.
2. Class 6 subject concord.
3. Class 6 object concord.

Descendants

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Swahili (G42): ya- (“Class 6 subject concord”), -ya- (“Class 6 object concord”)
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Tooro (J12): ga- (“Class 6 subject concord”), -ga- (“class 6 object concord”)
    • Luganda (J15): ga-

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Mbinga:
    • Matengo (N13): ga-

• Nyasa:
  • Tonga (Malawi) (N15): gha- (“Class 6 subject concord”), -gha- (“Class 6 object concord”)
  • Tumbuka (N21): gha- (“Class 6 subject concord”), -gha- (“Class 6 object concord”)
  • Chichewa (N31): a-

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (Africa) (P21): ga- (“Class 6 subject concord”), -ga- (“Class 6 object concord”)

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *á-
    • Zulu: a-
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): a-