English noun: Bantu |
1. | Bantu (person) a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa |
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| Broader (hypernym) | African |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Batswana, Bechuana, Chiluba, Herero, Hutu, Luba, Shona, Sotho, Tswana, Tutsi, Watusi, Watutsi |
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2. | Bantu (communication) a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent |
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| Synonyms | Bantoid language |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Niger-Congo |
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| 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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