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-

Class 6 pronominal concord.
Class 6 subject concord.
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-