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BANTU-SPEAKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bantu-speaking mean?
• BANTU-SPEAKING (adjective)
The adjective BANTU-SPEAKING has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to people who speak Bantu
2. able to communicate in Bantu
Familiarity information: BANTU-SPEAKING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to people who speak Bantu
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
Pertainym:
Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Able to communicate in Bantu
Similar:
communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)
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