bantu

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English - Turkish
{s} Bantularla ilgili
(sıfat) Bantularla ilgili
{i} Bantu dil grubu
{i} Bantu
Turkish - Turkish
Orta ve Güney Afrika'da yaşayan kabilelerin konuştukları 400'den fazla dilin bütününe verilen ad
English - English
General term for African ethnic groups speaking a Bantu language and their members
A black South African
the largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa
{i} member of the African Bantu tribe
Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa
Bantu languages belong to a group of languages spoken in central and southern Africa
{s} of or pertaining to the Bantu people; of or pertaining to the Bantu languages
{i} large group of related peoples located in central and southern Africa; member of this group; languages spoken by this group
These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba- , Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person
Comparative Bantu Online Dictionary Explore the linguistic history of Uganda's Bantu language Includes searchable Bantu dictionaries and related links
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone"
a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
A group of 500 African languages including Swahili, Congo, Rwanda, Makua and Nguni
A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa
Originated in eastern Nigeria in West Africa; migrated into central and southern Africa using rivers–particularly the Congo Basin; village dwellers who depended on agriculture and fishing (p 229)
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

Related Terms

Bantu languages
Group of some 500 languages belonging to the Benue-Congo language branch of the Niger-Congo language family. They are spoken by more than 200 million people in a very large area, including most of Africa from southern Cameroon eastward to Kenya and southward to the southernmost tip of the continent. Twelve Bantu languages, including Rundi (Kirundi), Rwanda (Kinyarwanda), Shona, Zulu, and Xhosa, are spoken by more than 5 million people
Bantu languages
{i} group of languages that belong to the Benue-Congo languages
Bantu peoples
Speakers of the close to 500 distinct Bantu languages, numbering more than 200 million and occupying almost the entire southern projection of Africa. The classification is primarily linguistic, for the cultural patterns of Bantu speakers are extremely diverse. Included in the group are the Bemba, Bena, Chaga, Chewa, Embu, Fang, Ganda, Gusii, Hehe, Herero, Hutu, Kagwe, Kikuyu, Luba, Luhya, Lunda, Makonde, Meru, Nayamwezi, Ndebele, Nkole, Nyakyusa, Nyoro, Pedi, Shona, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Tutsi, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zaramo, and Zulu
Bantu tribes
{i} Negro tribe in the southern part of Africa
bantu-speaking
able to communicate in Bantu of or relating to people who speak Bantu; "the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
Proto-Bantu
The hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages
Turkish - English
member of the African Bantu tribe
Bantu

Related Terms

bantu dil grubu
Bantu
bantu

    Hyphenation

    Ban·tu

    Turkish pronunciation

    bäntu

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbanto͞o/ /ˈbæntuː/

    Etymology

    [ 'ban-(")tü, 'bän- ] (noun.) 1862. The plural of Nguni word ntu 'person' (using plural prefix "ba"), meaning "people"; often used to describe a language family.
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