I'm thinking about starting an a priori Afrolang soon and I just wanted to find out what some of the main features of African Languages are. (Also, I am thinking about it being a Bantu language with a lot of influence from Semitic Languages)
Here is the features I have found so far:
1) Large vowel inventory (Most of the languages either have a lot of vowels or very little vowels, nothing in between usually).
2) Vowel Harmony &/or Tone
3) Reduplication
4) (V)CV(CV) Word structure (A word ending in a consonant is not permissible in the Bantu Languages)
5) Noun classes (Humans, animate, plants, inanimate, etc.) NO GENDER
6) No front-rounded Vowels
What are some features of the phonology and/or the grammar of Bantu Languages that you know?