bantu
IPA: bˈæntu
Root Word: Bantu
noun
- (countable) A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
- (South Africa, dated, now offensive) A black South African.
- (uncountable) The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Advertisement
Examples of "bantu" in Sentences
- Bantu in blue. chinese in yellow.
- I will be working on the Bantu pages.
- It is an offshoot of the Bantu culture.
- The Mbundu are one of the Bantu peoples.
- The Bamileke are part of the Bantu people.
- The Duala are Bantu in language and origin.
- The Isubu are Bantu in language and origin.
- The Bakweri are Bantu in language and origin.
- The language is of the Bantu linguistic family.
- For a non Bantu group there are the Khoisan people.
Advertisement
Advertisement