Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jánà

→ Phuthi -ana (inherited)

→ Kikuyu mwana (inherited)

→ Luganda omwana (inherited)

→ Lingala mwǎna (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele -ana (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele -ana (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho ngwana (inherited)

→ Chichewa mwana (inherited)

→ Nyankole omwana (inherited)

→ Nzadi mwaan (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi umwana (inherited)

→ Shona mwana (inherited)

→ Swazi -ana (inherited)

→ Sotho ngwana (inherited)

→ Swahili mwana (inherited)

→ Maore Comorian mwana (inherited)

→ Tswana ngwana (inherited)

→ Tsonga n'wana (inherited)

→ Tumbuka mwana (inherited)

→ Venda ṅwana (inherited)

→ Mwani mwana (inherited)

→ Xhosa -ana (inherited)

→ Xhosa unyana (inherited)

→ Zulu -ana (inherited)