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- [ban-too]
- /ˈbæn tu/
- /bæn.ˈtuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ban-too]
- /ˈbæn tu/
Definitions of bantu word
- adjective bantu Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence. 4
- adjective bantu Bantu languages belong to a group of languages spoken in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence. 3
- noun bantu a group of languages of Africa, including most of the principal languages spoken from the equator to the Cape of Good Hope, but excluding the Khoisan family: now generally regarded as part of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family 3
- noun bantu a Black speaker of a Bantu language 3
- adjective bantu denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of peoples or to any of their languages 3
- noun bantu a group of more than 200 languages belonging to the Niger-Congo language subfamily, including Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu 3
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Parts of speech for Bantu
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bantu popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bantu usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with bantu
- how to do bantu knots?
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- what was the significance of the bantu?
- who were the bantu?
- bantu knots how to?
- how to take out bantu knots?
- who are the bantu?
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- how to do a bantu knot?
- how do you do bantu knots?
- how to do bantu knots on short hair?
- how to do bantu knots on relaxed hair?
- what are bantu knots?
- how to make bantu knots?
- what is bantu?
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