The
Mbam languages are a group of erstwhile zone-A
Bantu languages which some
lexicostatistical studies suggest are not actually Bantu, but related
Southern Bantoid languages. Janssens (1992–93) posits that they are all of Guthrie's zone A.60 languages, half of his A.40 languages, and perhaps
Bube (A.31). Blench (2011) includes Jarawan in A.60, and keeps both in Bantu.