Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà

→ Lala (South Africa) nyama (inherited)

→ Phuthi inyama (inherited)

→ Fanagalo nyama (inherited)

→ Hausa nama (cognate)

→ Lingala nyama (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele inyama (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele inyama (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho nama (inherited)

→ Chichewa nyama (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi inyama (inherited)

→ Shona nyama (inherited)

→ Sranan Tongo nyan (derived)

→ Swazi inyama (inherited)

→ Sotho nama (inherited)

→ Swahili nyama (inherited)

→ Tswana nama (inherited)

→ Tsonga nyama (inherited)

→ Venda ṋama (inherited)

→ Xhosa inyama (inherited)

→ Zulu inyama (inherited)