Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò

→ Lala (South Africa) moya (inherited)

→ Phuthi mmoya (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele umoya (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele moya (inherited(nr/fng))

→ Southern Ndebele umoya (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho moya (inherited)

→ Chichewa moyo (inherited)

→ Shona mwoyo (inherited)

→ Swazi umoya (inherited)

→ Sotho moya (inherited)

→ Swahili moyo (inherited)

→ Tsonga moya (inherited)

→ Venda muya (inherited)

→ Xhosa umoya (inherited)

→ Zulu umoya (inherited)