Cattle terminology in use amongst the relatively few modern Bantu pastoralist groups suggests that the acquisition of cattle may have been from Central Sudanic, Kuliak and Cushitic-speaking neighbors.
Tasassaɣrawt tan tihatten ta s ijlan harat n taqqimt n imadanan n Bantu win uchray allaɣen as akarach n tihatten addobat ad ej daɣ Central Soudanic, Kuliak d inarhajjan net fuk wi issewalnen Cushitic