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English adjective: Bantu

1. Bantu of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture


SamplesThe Bantu population of Sierra Leone.


English noun: Bantu

1. Bantu (person) a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa


Broader (hypernym)African


Narrower (hyponym)Batswana, Bechuana, Chiluba, Herero, Hutu, Luba, Shona, Sotho, Tswana, Tutsi, Watusi, Watutsi

2. Bantu (communication) a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent


SynonymsBantoid language


Broader (hypernym)Niger-Congo


Narrower (hyponym)Chaga, Chagga, Chichewa, ChiMwini, Chishona, Fang, Gikuyu, Giriama, Herero, Kamba, Kichaga, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Kongo, Luba, LuGanda, Luyia, Mashi, Mwera, Nguni, Nyamwezi, Pokomo, Shona, Sotho, Swahili, Tonga, Tshiluba, Umbundu









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