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This article analyzes tense and aspect (TA) variation in 25 modern and two historical Bantu languages within the Kikongo Language Cluster (KLC) to refine its internal classification. The study identifies eight shared TA markers from Proto-Bantu and fourteen innovations post-fragmentation, confirming the KLC as a discrete clade with distinct subgroups. The findings highlight the influence of language contact and historical developments in the Lower Congo region on the evolution of the KLC

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