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, Samba–Holu, Kwese, (H10) Suundi, (H40) Mbala
Maho (2009) adds Sonde to L10.
References
- Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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 | Zone E | | [J]E10 |  | 
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The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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