Proto-Bantu *-bíada

→ Phuthi tala (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele zala (inherited)

→ Chichewa bala (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi byara (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi vyara (inherited)

→ Shona zvara (inherited)

→ Swazi tala (inherited)

→ Sotho tswala (inherited)

→ Swahili zaa (inherited)

→ Tswana tsala (inherited)

→ Tsonga tswala (inherited)

→ Venda dzwala (inherited)

→ Xhosa zala (inherited)

→ Zulu zala (inherited)