英语词汇“Bantu”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun

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

2. Word forms: plural -tu or -tus South Africa offensive

a Black speaker of a Bantu language

adjective

denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages

▶ USAGE Use of the term Bantu is only acceptable outside South Africa and when talking about this group of languagesand their speakers. To refer to African people or peoples, the terms Black and African are acceptable within South Africa

单词	Bantu
释义	Word Frequency Bantu (ˈbɑːntʊ, ˈbæntuː, bænˈtuː) noun 1. 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 2. Word forms: plural -tu or -tus South Africa offensive a Black speaker of a Bantu language adjective 3. denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages ▶ USAGE Use of the term Bantu is only acceptable outside South Africa and when talking about this group of languagesand their speakers. To refer to African people or peoples, the terms Black and African are acceptable within South Africa Word origin C19: from Bantu Ba-ntu people
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