Bantu

//ˈbæntu//

Synonyms for "bantu" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Related words (1)

Proper Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

coordinate

4 entries

derived

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

16 translations across 13 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • Bantoe noun (language family)
  • Sintoe noun (language family)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 班图语支 noun (language family)

Danish

1 entries
  • bantu noun (language family)

Dutch

1 entries
  • Bantoe noun (language family)

Finnish

1 entries
  • bantu noun (language family)

Galician

1 entries
  • bantú noun (language family)

German

2 entries
  • Bantu noun (language family)
  • Bantu-Sprachfamilie noun (language family)

Japanese

1 entries
  • バントゥー noun (language family)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bantu noun (language family)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bantu noun (language family)

Polish

2 entries
  • Bantu noun (member of the ethnic group)
  • bantu noun (language family)

Russian

1 entries
  • банту noun (language family)

Spanish

1 entries
  • bantú noun (language family)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I love Bantu languages.

Source: tatoeba (5932823)

The Bantu languages are a subfamily of the Niger-Congo languages.

Source: tatoeba (11552368)

Whether the Bantu hunted the drill is unclear, but its meat is certainly prized today.

Source: tatoeba (12382550)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.