Pende languages

Pende
Holu
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologmbal1259

The Pende or Holu languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone L.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node together with a couple languages from Zone H:

(L10) Pende, SambaHolu, Kwese, (H10) Suundi, (H40) Mbala

Maho (2009) adds Sonde to L10.