How many Bantu languages are there using criteria of mutual intelligibility?
about 250
what about using "Ethnologue" criteria?
535
Which Bantu language has the most speakers?
Swahili
Do most Swahili speakers learn it as a first language?
no
How many native Swahili speakers are there?
2 million
What other major Bantu language is there?
Zulu
How many Zulu speakers are there?
27 million
How many learned Zulu as a second language?
15.7 million
Is there another major Zulu language?
no
What does Wide Bantu mean?
a loosely defined categorization which includes other Bantoid languages
Where are Bantu languages spoken?
east and south of present-day Cameroon
Do parts of Bantu areas include languages from other families?
yes
Is it easy to determine the exact boundaries of a language?
no
Which language has about 11 million speakers?
Shona
What separates Kinyarwanda and Kirundi?
Ethnologue
How many speakers do they have if grouped together?
12.4 million
Is Bantu a traditional branch of Niger-Congo languages?
yes
Are there accurate statistics of language speakers in developing countries?
no