Tembu
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A Bantu language spoken by people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
- proper noun
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Tembu
- The oral traditions of the Tembu people are preserved in the Tembu language.
Examples
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She learned to greet elders in Tembu during her visit to the Eastern Cape.
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I learned a few phrases in Tembu during my visit to South Africa.
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Linguists are working to document the Tembu language before it becomes endangered.
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The Tembu language has unique sounds and structure.
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Linguists are working to document the Tembu language before it becomes endangered.
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The oral traditions of the Tembu people are preserved in the Tembu language.
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She learned to greet elders in Tembu during her visit to the Eastern Cape.
Surface Forms
Tembu main
Etymology
Tembu is also the name of the speech of those people, coming from the same Bantu name for the group, so think of Tembu as both the 'people' and the 'language' they speak.
