bantu

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
  2. noun a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
  3. adjective of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
african
Narrower (hyponyms)
sotho, tutsi, herero, shona, tswana, hutu

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