bantu

Relating to or denoting a group of over 400 closely related languages spoken across central and southern Africa, or the peoples who speak them.

• 🇩🇪Zu einer Gruppe von über 400 eng verwandten Sprachen gehörend, die in Zentral- und Südafrika gesprochen werden, oder zu den Völkern, die diese Sprachen sprechen.

1. Relating to a group of African peoples B2 formal

   Of or relating to the large group of ethnolinguistic peoples in Central and Southern Africa who speak Bantu languages.

   • The Bantu peoples have a rich and diverse cultural heritage.
   • Bantu languages are spoken across a vast region of Africa.
   • The migration of Bantu-speaking populations shaped much of sub-Saharan African history.

   🇩🇪Zur Gruppe der afrikanischen Völker gehörend

2. Relating to a language family B2 formal

   Of or relating to the Bantu language family, a major branch of the Niger-Congo languages.

   • Swahili is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages.
   • The Bantu language group includes hundreds of distinct but related languages.
   • Linguists study the grammatical structures common to Bantu languages.

   🇩🇪Zur Bantusprachfamilie gehörend

• more bantu comparative form
• most bantu superlative form

Eigenname

A noun referring to a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa, or to the family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Angehörigen einer der zahlreichen sprachlich verwandten Völker Zentral- und Südafrikas bezeichnet oder die weit verbreitete Sprachfamilie im südlichen Teil des afrikanischen Kontinents.

1. Group of peoples B2 formal

   A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa.

   • The Bantu peoples have a rich cultural heritage.
   • Many Bantu groups migrated across the continent over centuries.
   • He is studying the history of the Bantu in southern Africa.

   🇩🇪Gruppe von Völkern

2. Language family B2 formal

   A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.

   • Swahili is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages.
   • Linguists classify over 500 languages within the Bantu family.
   • She is learning a Bantu language for her research.

   🇩🇪Sprachfamilie

3. Cultural or linguistic relation B2 formal

   Relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.

   • Bantu traditions include vibrant music and dance.
   • The Bantu cultural influence extends across many regions.
   • He wrote a book about Bantu mythology and folklore.

   🇩🇪Bantu

• bantu plural form
• bantus plural form
• bantus' possessive plural form
• bantu's possessive singular form