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Bantu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl (“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguist Wilhelm Bleek.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
  2. (uncountable) The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Forms

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Bantus Number=Plur lexicographic
Bantu Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

Black · Coloured · Asian · black · white · White

Deriveds

Bantuist · Proto-Bantu · Bantoid · Bantologist · Bantuize · Bantuness · Bantuization · Semi-Bantu

Relateds

Bantu ethnic groups · Bantu languages

Translations (16)

ja バントゥー (language family) · de Bantu (language family) · nn bantu (language family) · pl bantu (language family) · af Bantoe (language family) · da bantu (language family) · nl Bantoe (language family) · es bantú (language family) · ru банту (language family) · nb bantu (language family) · fi bantu (language family) · cmn 班圖語支 /班图语支 (language family) · de Bantu-Sprachfamilie (language family) · af Sintoe (language family) · pl Bantu (member of the ethnic group) · gl bantú (language family)

wikidata: Q173371 · wikipedia: Wilhelm Bleek · wikidata: Q33146