What does "bantoid" mean?

Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

Bantoid

Common synonyms include: bantoid branch, bantoid group, bantoid language, bantoid subfamily, bantoid tongue, bantoid-based.

/ˈbɑːntɔɪd/ adj

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Adjective

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Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. not-comparable

Adjective

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relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu wordnet

From Bantu + -oid; first used by Krause in 1895 for languages that showed resemblances in vocabulary to Bantu.