Meaning Bantu
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Bantu


1862, applied to south African language group in the 1850s by German linguist Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (1827-1875), from native Ba-ntu "mankind," from ba-, plural prefix, + ntu " [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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Bantu


people and culture native to central and southern Africa.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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Bantu


Sub-Saharan Africa: Xhosa and Zulu.
Source: quick-facts.co.uk

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Bantu


(n) a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa(n) a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent(adj) of or rela [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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Bantu


The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. General term for African ethnic groups speaking a Bantu language and their members. (South Afr [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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