Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkángà

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

Noun

*nkángà class 9 (plural *nkángà class 10)

1. guinea fowl

Descendants

• Bwisi (B401): nkanga
• Northeast Bantu
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inkanga
    • Ikizu (J402): ɨkanga
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): ekanga
  • Northeast Coastal Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): kanga
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): nkhanga
• Shona
  • Shona (S10): hanga

    → Malagasy: akanga

  • Nambya (S16B): ihanga
• Kwangali (K33): nkanga
• Southern Bantu:
  • Venda (S20): khanga