Any or all of the languages spoken by the Nguni peoples of south-eastern Africa; esp. the Xhosa language. Cf. Nguni, n. 2, Xhosa, n. b. Now historical…
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释义 | the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages (73) Kaffir1820 Any or all of the languages spoken by the Nguni peoples of south-eastern Africa; esp. the Xhosa language. Cf. Nguni, n. 2, Xhosa, n. b. Now historical… Swahilese1833 a Swahili. Sesotho1846 This Bantu language. Cf. Sotho, n. Chagga1849 The Bantu language of the Chagga. Kikuyu1849 A member of a Bantu-speaking people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Mitshi1854 = Munchi, n. 2. Manganja1859 A member of the Manganja people; (also) their Bantu language. Also (occasionally): = Nyanja, n. Bantu1866 The Bantu language family; a language of this family. Kavirondo1870 The name of two Kenyan peoples, one Nilotic (cf. Luo, n. adj.), one Bantu (also called Wa-Kavirondo); a member of these peoples; any of the Nilotic… Luganda1876 The Bantu language of the Baganda people, widely used in Uganda. Sotho1876 The family of languages spoken by these peoples; (also) spec. = Sesotho, n. Fan1883 The Bantu language of this people. Gogo1883 The Bantu language of a people inhabiting the Dodoma region of central Tanzania. Lunda1883 The Bantu language of the Lunda. Nyamwezi1883 The Bantu language of the Nyamwezi people. Kioko1884 A member of an African people inhabiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola; (also) the language of this people. Also attributive or as… Barotse1888 An African people inhabiting the region of the Upper Zambezi basin in southern Africa. Also: the language spoken by this people. Ganda1891 = Luganda, n. Tumbuka1891 The Bantu language of the Tumbuka. Chichewa1897 The Bantu language of the Chewa people; (also, esp. in Malawi) the Bantu language of the Nyanja people (cf. Nyanja, n. 2). Bemba1902 The Bantu language of the Bemba people, now used as a lingua franca in urban areas of northern Zambia. Also called Chibemba, Chiwemba, Ichibemba. Nyanja1902 The Bantu language of the Nyanja. Cf. Chichewa, n. Rwanda1902 A Bantu language spoken by the Rwanda. Lingala1903 The Bantu language of the Bangala people, inhabiting the Mangala area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sepedi1905 The Northern Sotho language spoken by the Pedi people. Cf. Pedi, n. 1. Ila1907 The Bantu language of this people. Lamba1907 The language of the Lamba people. Chewa1908 The Bantu language of the Chewa (see sense A. 1). Cf. Chichewa, n. Venda1908 The language of this people. Ngoni1911 Any of the languages of the Ngoni peoples. Munchi1913 The Niger–Congo language of the Munchis; = Tiv, n. 2. Meru1921 The Bantu language of the Meru. Yao1924 The language of the Yao. Lozi1937 The Bantu language of the Lozi. Nguni1939 The group of Bantu languages spoken by the Nguni, comprising Xhosa, Zulu, Siswati (Swazi), and Ndebele. Ndembu1945 The Bantu language of the Ndembu, usually regarded as a dialect of Lunda. Cf. Lunda, n.2 adj. Mwera1947 The Bantu language of a people inhabiting an area of south-eastern Tanzania north of the Makonde people. Sango1948 An African language of the Adamawa-Eastern group of the Niger–Congo family, spec. that pidginized version of Sango spoken as a lingua franca in the… Ovambo1953 The Bantu language of the Ovambo. Sukuma1969 (A member of) a people of west central Tanzania; also, their Bantu language. Also attributive or as adj. Tiv1976 The Bantu language of this people. Subcategories:— Swazi (2) — Mongo (2) — Kamba (2) — Swahili (2) — Congoese (2) — Tonga (1) — Herero (2) — Shona (2) — Tswana (4) — Xhosa (2) — Zulu (1) — Ndebele (5) — Tsonga (3) — Kongo (2) |
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