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Bantu-speaking

Bantu-speaking

7.7
People, groups, or places where a Bantu language is spoken
  • adjective
translation icon : bantúfono
  • Many Bantu-speaking communities in Africa celebrated their cultural heritage during the festival.

Examples

  • The Bantu-speaking agricultural peoples' migration down the pluvial east side of Africa came up against the aridity.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Postulate a parallel in the contemporary South African context: the millennium-long southward migration of Bantu-speaking peoples from north of the equator.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The Bantu-speaking population includes various tribes, each with its own dialect.

  • In the classroom, we learned about the history of Bantu-speaking peoples and their impact on the continent.

Synonyms

Bantu
vsBantu-speaking
2 8.2

Relating to the people, culture and languages of central and southern Africa

relates specifically to people or things that speak or use that language

Surface Forms

Bantu-speaking positive

Morphology

Bantu-speaking = Bantu + speak (transparent) = Bantu + speak + ing

A straightforward compound of the ethnonym 'Bantu' and the present-participle 'speaking', meaning 'speaking Bantu (languages)'.

Etymology

Bantu-speaking comes from Bantu, a word in many African languages that means 'people', and the part -speaking shows language. So Bantu-speaking means relating to people who 'speak a Bantu language'.